Cracking the Code of Life
Questions
Write a Reflection on the video segments. Incorporate the points below in your reflection
1. Instructions for a Human Being
Explain the storybook metaphor-
•The storybook metaphor is when DNA information can always be read and always be discovered with new details of a person.
-DNA’s 4 billion years of history-
-The DNA story started when the first organism sent out a chemical message (DNA) to other organisms and repeated itself until it reached to us.
DNA – structure, chemical makeup, function
DNA consist of a double helix, it has the chemicals of Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, and Adenine, the C and G are always paired and the T and A are always paired, the purpose and function of DNA tells us a lot for example peoples characteristics.
2. Getting the Letters Out
Goal of the Human Genome Project- The goal of the genome project was to figure out the DNA to see if a person has a certain disease or illness and see the persons attributes.
Explain the use of technology- The use of technology really helped decoding each DNA letter faster and sped up the process.
3. One Wrong Letter
What is Tay Sachs?- Tay sachs is a disease that slowly destroys a baby’s brain by fat building up in the brain and straining the brain killing brain cells.
Explain the term “carrier.- Carriers are those who hold and carry the disease or a type of characteristics with them that can pass to their children.
4. The Sequencing Race Begins
Explain:
The DNA process first starts when DNA is cut and they are replicated and transferred into bacteria, a laser bounce off the DNA and the colors that bounce off represent the letter of a DNA.
Role of Celera Genomics in the HGP- The role of the Celera is to discover the DNA code by using the DNA-reading-process
5. Ramping Up
Is the HGP a necessary public investment?
I think that the HGP is a necessary investment because it has valuable information for us and the public.
6. Genetic Variation
How similar are humans?- Humans are 99.9% similar to another human.
Sharing genes with a banana …
I think that it is possible that we have similar genes to a banana because we have so many genes and its possible to have one similar to bananas and DNA has been around since organisms have been around so it is possible.
7. Who Owns the Genome?
Discuss arguments for and against patenting the genomic code.-They fond new genomic codes but its was not useful to them.
The effects of patenting on drug companies- It will take longer for drug companies to solve diseases for humankind because someone else might have pattern that particular DNA code.
8. The Business of Science
Who is “profiting” from the genome?- The companies that patented the particular DNA area.
Describe the more recent changes in the views of the scientific community.
The scientific community has changed because it is known that discoveries are not always shared and the progress is slower. I think able its sometimes understandable because we have to be certain now a days with so much disease and problems.
9. Finding Cures is Hard
What is cystic fibrosis (CF)?- It is a disease that attacks mainly on the lungs that cause respiratory infection.
Explain HOW Genes determine Proteins.- Genes makes up the protein and its shape.
HOW does the 3-dimensional structure of a protein affect its function?- It’s 3 dimensional structure affects the protein function because it defines what it does and tells other proteins what it does and this is how they recognize each other and do their job. And these proteins determine your shape.
10. Complexity in Proteins
What is a proteome?- A proteome is the collection of all your proteins.
11. The Finish Line
The new beginning in science is the different jobs and attributes of DNA and to find the proteins in peoples bodies and the correlation it has with everything else
12. Finding Disease Genes
The process consist of two people which one that has hair has one taken away and compared the pattern with one that is bald. From the samples you find the different letters and pattern.
Explain: "Iceland -All in the family."- Iceland is explained as a place where everyone is related from the very first stealers in Iceland.And since the population is so small everyone has a very similar DNA letter code to each other.
Use of DeCODE's giant DNA database- The use of DeCODE’s is to hunt and find genes that cause diseases.
13. DNA Databases
What is GATTACA?-
Its a movie that can explain everyone's DNA as an open book and the fact that the person chose their child and how they are made.
Gene chips and newborns?- A gene chip is a tiny dot of DNA from a baby and each chip can support 80,000 different DNA test so a single chip can test a thousand babies for diseases.
14. A family Disease
Discuss the mutations BRCA1 and 2- BRCA 1 and 2 is a gene that all humans have but some families have a mutation with in their genes. These can cause such thinsg such as breast cancer and other such things.
15. Genetic Modification
Enhancing your kids- pros and cons-
-The pros is that you will have the chance to chose your kid and and cons is that sense of that you kid is "made up"
Safety of genetically modified foods
-Modified food is bad for us because it has so many things added to it that it is unhealthy to bodies because its not natural.
Explain some concerns about GMO-
GMO can cause health problems because it has a lot of toxins which affects the DNA.
16. Contemplating the Message
Again " Who owns the Genome?"- The government owns the genome.
Questions
Write a Reflection on the video segments. Incorporate the points below in your reflection
1. Instructions for a Human Being
Explain the storybook metaphor-
•The storybook metaphor is when DNA information can always be read and always be discovered with new details of a person.
-DNA’s 4 billion years of history-
-The DNA story started when the first organism sent out a chemical message (DNA) to other organisms and repeated itself until it reached to us.
DNA – structure, chemical makeup, function
DNA consist of a double helix, it has the chemicals of Cytosine, Guanine, Thymine, and Adenine, the C and G are always paired and the T and A are always paired, the purpose and function of DNA tells us a lot for example peoples characteristics.
2. Getting the Letters Out
Goal of the Human Genome Project- The goal of the genome project was to figure out the DNA to see if a person has a certain disease or illness and see the persons attributes.
Explain the use of technology- The use of technology really helped decoding each DNA letter faster and sped up the process.
3. One Wrong Letter
What is Tay Sachs?- Tay sachs is a disease that slowly destroys a baby’s brain by fat building up in the brain and straining the brain killing brain cells.
Explain the term “carrier.- Carriers are those who hold and carry the disease or a type of characteristics with them that can pass to their children.
4. The Sequencing Race Begins
Explain:
The DNA process first starts when DNA is cut and they are replicated and transferred into bacteria, a laser bounce off the DNA and the colors that bounce off represent the letter of a DNA.
Role of Celera Genomics in the HGP- The role of the Celera is to discover the DNA code by using the DNA-reading-process
5. Ramping Up
Is the HGP a necessary public investment?
I think that the HGP is a necessary investment because it has valuable information for us and the public.
6. Genetic Variation
How similar are humans?- Humans are 99.9% similar to another human.
Sharing genes with a banana …
I think that it is possible that we have similar genes to a banana because we have so many genes and its possible to have one similar to bananas and DNA has been around since organisms have been around so it is possible.
7. Who Owns the Genome?
Discuss arguments for and against patenting the genomic code.-They fond new genomic codes but its was not useful to them.
The effects of patenting on drug companies- It will take longer for drug companies to solve diseases for humankind because someone else might have pattern that particular DNA code.
8. The Business of Science
Who is “profiting” from the genome?- The companies that patented the particular DNA area.
Describe the more recent changes in the views of the scientific community.
The scientific community has changed because it is known that discoveries are not always shared and the progress is slower. I think able its sometimes understandable because we have to be certain now a days with so much disease and problems.
9. Finding Cures is Hard
What is cystic fibrosis (CF)?- It is a disease that attacks mainly on the lungs that cause respiratory infection.
Explain HOW Genes determine Proteins.- Genes makes up the protein and its shape.
HOW does the 3-dimensional structure of a protein affect its function?- It’s 3 dimensional structure affects the protein function because it defines what it does and tells other proteins what it does and this is how they recognize each other and do their job. And these proteins determine your shape.
10. Complexity in Proteins
What is a proteome?- A proteome is the collection of all your proteins.
11. The Finish Line
The new beginning in science is the different jobs and attributes of DNA and to find the proteins in peoples bodies and the correlation it has with everything else
12. Finding Disease Genes
The process consist of two people which one that has hair has one taken away and compared the pattern with one that is bald. From the samples you find the different letters and pattern.
Explain: "Iceland -All in the family."- Iceland is explained as a place where everyone is related from the very first stealers in Iceland.And since the population is so small everyone has a very similar DNA letter code to each other.
Use of DeCODE's giant DNA database- The use of DeCODE’s is to hunt and find genes that cause diseases.
13. DNA Databases
What is GATTACA?-
Its a movie that can explain everyone's DNA as an open book and the fact that the person chose their child and how they are made.
Gene chips and newborns?- A gene chip is a tiny dot of DNA from a baby and each chip can support 80,000 different DNA test so a single chip can test a thousand babies for diseases.
14. A family Disease
Discuss the mutations BRCA1 and 2- BRCA 1 and 2 is a gene that all humans have but some families have a mutation with in their genes. These can cause such thinsg such as breast cancer and other such things.
15. Genetic Modification
Enhancing your kids- pros and cons-
-The pros is that you will have the chance to chose your kid and and cons is that sense of that you kid is "made up"
Safety of genetically modified foods
-Modified food is bad for us because it has so many things added to it that it is unhealthy to bodies because its not natural.
Explain some concerns about GMO-
GMO can cause health problems because it has a lot of toxins which affects the DNA.
16. Contemplating the Message
Again " Who owns the Genome?"- The government owns the genome.
Summary
The purpose behind the video is very simple which is to inform the public about DNA. DNA is such an important factor because its what hold the information of a person. DNA can give us a lot of information for the future and the past and a lot of research has been conducted through DNA. Without DNA we wouldn't be able to identify people in general. DNA helps us identify those who are carriers of diseases and which of the children are likely to get the disease. These things are very important to learn how to treat these people from the beginning. It has come to the point that we know so much how to work DNA that in the future we could be able to genetically modify our children. DNA is so interesting and has been as long as organisms have been in the world that its possible that some of our genes can related to those of a Banana.