lesson 7.1

• Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) – refers any livingorganism that possesses a novel combination of geneticmaterial obtained through the use of modern biotechnology
• Biosafety – refers to a condition in which the probability of harm, injury, or any damage
• Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation of matter on a near-atomic scale to produce new structures, materials, and devices
• In 1965- the terms deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are formally named
• In the 1950s, the efforts of James Watson, Francis Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin paved the way to the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA and gave DNA and RNA final recognition
• Fast forward to 2003 which marked the completion of the Human Genome Project (HGP)
• process of genetic engineering: 1. identification of the trait of interest, 2. isolation of the gene of interest, 3. insertion of the gene of interest into a new genome, 4. growing the GMO