Talk:Recombinant DNA

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[edit] The issue with recombinants

The idea of genetic engineering, recombinant DNA and "Chimeric" processes are extremely interesting due to their applications in ecology, humanitarian issues and commerce; imagine if a wheat plant was engineered to be able to grow on beaches and in very harsh conditions - there would be no shortage of food nor malnutrition and starvation. However, there are also bad points to this : we don't know the long term effects. The genetically altered plant could contain toxins, or other molecules which develop over the course the organism and culminate towards disease or eventual death.

Please, regardless of the ethical issues -- expand the foundations of this topic, and then reference any ethical problems with factual articles or reasoned debates. Reference all. ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 08:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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what are your views on recombinant DNA technology? is it a good thing or a bad thing?

[edit] good/bad thing

I think it is a very good thing. It helps the worlds food supply, helps some people live (if you don't think so, then I will leave it at helps some people to live better or easier), and vaccinates us against diseases. There really is not a strong arguement against it, but someone might believe it is morally wrong, but there really is not a good scientific arguement against it except the possibility of using Recombinant DNA in malpractice. --toaster 02:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


I don't think so far anything bad has happened due to the application of this technology. However, one must be careful to not over-use this technique to the extent of major modifications in the genomes of organisms in which it is used as it may lead to some kind of cumulative mutation which may harm the existance of the organism.

its a very good thing inmy opinion --- Mohtasim --Swati

On Swati's comment: have you stopped to consider that maybe the cumulative mutation may not harm the organism, but rather force a response that changes the orgsanism in a way as to make it further harmful to human beings? --Alpineflame

I think it's helpful technique for next generation due to solve food problem and prevantion of harmful disease

---Mahendra Kumar


The first link posted on this page is broken. Perhaps the item it is referring to has been moved?? RPIfireman 00:39, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Different organisms?

While this is generally true, I don't think it's necessary that the DNA came from different organisms. For example, you could put replace the promoter region of a gene with a constitutive promoter also native to that organism (but naturally found on a different gene). I understand defining "recombinant DNA" to be "unnatural" or "artificial", but I disagree with the definition that it is "different organisms". -Madeleine 21:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Really short -- needs definite expansion

This is one of the major fields of biochemistry and biology and absolutely requires expansion; it's vital! ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 08:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

There was quite a lot of political upheaval about DNA recombination in the late 1970s. Donald S. Fredrickson, then director of the NIH, was quite involved in this. We should make at least passing mention of the political/social/religious implications of DNA recombination. JFW | T@lk 15:40, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Sure! Just allow me to finish off the rest of the article.. i've been complacent in the past few days due to the presence of a shiny Playstation 3 in the office. ♥♥ ΜÏΠЄSΓRΘΠ€ ♥♥ slurp me! 18:05, 30 May 2007 (UTC)