Examples Of Genetic Engineering

GEN reports on nanotechology's impact on mass spectrometry

New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2011—A move toward smaller and smaller sample sizes is leading to a new generation of mass spectrometry instrumentation, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). From a specific application point of view, novel nanoflow separation methodologies are ramping up the speed and precision with which scientists are able to validate biomarkers, according to the August issue of GEN ( www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/nanoliter-volumes-push-ms-to-new-lows/3741 ).

"Basing biomarker validation on more sophisticated mass spec tools could help increase the number of clinical applications for biomarkers," said John Sterling, Editor in Chief of GEN.

Proteome Sciences, for example, performs protein biomarker discovery, validation, and mass spec-based assay development and has introduced commercial assays for Alzheimer's disease. In collaboration with Thermo Fisher Scientific, the company has developed isobaric tagging technology in Tandem Mass Tags that allows users to assay up to six samples per run on the Thermo Orbitrap Velos mass spectrometry system.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill have developed an integrated microfluidic capillary electrophoresis-MS method using data-independent multiplexed fragmentation to perform high-throughput proteomics. The technique could be applied to a bottom-up proteomic approach and for characterization of protein-based biotherapeutics.

Also discussed in the GEN article is work on advanced mass spec techniques taking place at the University of Washington (Seattle) and Leiden University Medical Center in The Netherlands and at companies such as New Objective, Waters, OpAns, Analytical Scientific Instruments, Agilent Technologies, and Dionex.

For a copy of the August issue of GEN, please call (914) 740-2122, or email: ebicovny@liebertpub.com

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GMO Examples | Genetically Engineered Food News

For your own safety there are several GMO examples that you should really keep from your dinner tables. In fact, it would be better off for you if you kept all genetically engineered food off of your grocery list.

When genetic engineering was discovered and presented to the masses, it was all about delivering what was the best for people. Crops that produced bountiful harvests so that food shortage could be addressed. Fruits that could be more nutritious, so that those living in third world countries would not be malnourished at all. And plants that would be more resistant to harsh conditions.

Instead, years after, genetic engineering was first used in the agriculture industry, many of these problems remain and most of these promises remain broken. The United States, for example is the largest producer of genetically engineered crops, but the prices of produce from the GMO crops remain the same. There has been no rollback of prices as was dreamed years ago.

What developed was the negative opinion regarding GMOs. Especially since, as there have been several incidents when using genetic engineering in agriculture resulted in the injury of cows injected with rBGH hormone; deaths of goats and sheep in India; contamination of the US rice supply and many more.

However, even if you wanted to keep GMO food off of your table, that won’t be as easy as you think. First, you will have a difficult time determining whether something you bought at your favorite grocery store was genetically modified or not. That’s why keeping them off of your plates will take a bit of work.

But you shouldn’t despair; there are some things that you can do to make sure that all you get into your system are food that is developed the natural way.

1. Find Reliable Sources Buying organic is one of the surest ways to make sure that you’re getting healthy, non-organic food. It might mean you have to pay a little bit extra, but it also means you’re eating healthy every time.

What is GMO good for then? Well, rather than panicking and going OMG, you can always think of it this way: If nature’s fruits and vegetables weren’t good for everybody, would everybody still be here? That’s why if ever you come across a report or an article or a promise about how good GMOs are, then you should just remember that humanity didn’t get all the way here from the Stone Age on the power of genetic engineering.

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