What is Genetic Engineering?

Goals:
-Provide examples of how genetic engineering can be used to solve medical problems.
-Explain how genetic engineering creates genetically modified organisms that make human proteins from human DNA.

Agenda:
Warmup
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Warmup
Did you find anything interesting in your family health history that might inform how you approach your health care in the future? If you would like, share on this Padlet.

Considering what we reviewed yesterday, what may be causing these genetic diseases?

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CRISPR Radiolab. How could this technology be used to permanently cure genetic diseases?

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"What is genetic engineering?" Use the reading to compare and contrast CRISPR and recombinant DNA technology using a venn diagram.

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I shared a Google Slides with you. Your competency is to complete these slides. On the intro slide use what you have learned to answer the questions below in complete sentences.

1. Explain the cause of genetic diseases such as Type 1 Diabetes or Breast Cancer. 
2. How could CRISPR be used to provide a permanent cure for genetic diseases?
3. In recombinant DNA technology, scientists modify a bacterial plasmid by adding a human gene in order to produce human proteins. How does this process help in addressing genetic diseases (for example, with insulin)?
4. In our Biotechnology lab sequence how will what we do be different than making insulin?