I'm new to programming (2 years), using perl. My job description is not programming, but it is one of the key components of what I do. Based on how suitable perl is for our projects, I'm convinced I'll use it 5 years from now.
I think the reasoning goes along the lines of "the greater good". Provided such genetic changes offer some hope for treatment of humans (even if the mouse suffers) everything is fine.
Sadly, often animal models are not appropriate for human diseases. Eg, you break the same gene as in human but the animal does not have any symptoms of the disease.
Bacteria can take up "free" DNA that's somewhere in the environment (possibly a residue of a dead bacteria). So basically the resistant bacteria does not need to be alive to pass on the resistance genes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_(genet ics)
When pollen from another plant arrives to stigma, some plants can find out whether the pollen grain is their own or belongs to another genetically distinct plant (of the same species). The pollen grain carries a certain protein on its coat, the type of which is determined by the parent ("father") of the pollen grain. Now, if the protein on the pollen is the same as the one the "mother" plant produces (it means that they are close relatives), it does not allow the pollen grain to fertilize the egg.
Basically, it proves that there is a way for a plant to distinguish between self (maybe close relative?) and more distantly related ones.
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I'm new to programming (2 years), using perl. My job description is not programming, but it is one of the key components of what I do. Based on how suitable perl is for our projects, I'm convinced I'll use it 5 years from now.
KLM's CEO was on board as well.
Here in Slovenia... same thing :)
I think the reasoning goes along the lines of "the greater good". Provided such genetic changes offer some hope for treatment of humans (even if the mouse suffers) everything is fine.
Sadly, often animal models are not appropriate for human diseases. Eg, you break the same gene as in human but the animal does not have any symptoms of the disease.
Bacteria can take up "free" DNA that's somewhere in the environment (possibly a residue of a dead bacteria). So basically the resistant bacteria does not need to be alive to pass on the resistance genes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_(genet ics)
When pollen from another plant arrives to stigma, some plants can find out whether the pollen grain is their own or belongs to another genetically distinct plant (of the same species). The pollen grain carries a certain protein on its coat, the type of which is determined by the parent ("father") of the pollen grain. Now, if the protein on the pollen is the same as the one the "mother" plant produces (it means that they are close relatives), it does not allow the pollen grain to fertilize the egg.
Basically, it proves that there is a way for a plant to distinguish between self (maybe close relative?) and more distantly related ones.