Products of biotechnology

1. Products of biotechnology By: Amber Worsley and Kirstin Truitt

2. Cloning pets Genetic Saving and Cloning can cost between $32,000 to $50,000 just for cats. Hypoallergenic Kittens cost between $6,000 and $28,000. Pet cloning is the commercial cloning of a pet animal. The first commercially cloned pet was a cat named Little Nicky produced in 2004 by genetic saving and cloning for a north Texas woman for the fee of U.S. amount of $50,000. In July, 2008, the Seoul National University created five clones of a dog named Booger for it’s Californian owner. The woman paid $50,000 for this service, it cost the same amount a just that one cat. While an animal clone has the same genes as its genetic donor, behavior is influenced by environment and experiences as well as by genetics.

3. Glow in the dark pets British scientists injected jellyfish genes into the insides of chickens and pigs to make them glow around seven years ago. Several kitten clones in January and February, weigh at least 7 pounds and glow a dull red color under ultraviolet light. For six years glow in the dark fish have been offered commercially, but they are still illegal in the state of California and many countries today. It costs thousands and thousands of dollars to produce just one non-glowing cat clone. The best place to look for a cute little ball of glowing fur is your local pet adoption center. South Korean is the place that this was originated.

4. Printable skin • By manufacturing human skin cells using a printer similar to an inkjet, scientists have taken a significant first step toward generating new skin. The process, which could transform the treatment of major skin wounds, could be ready for clinical trials in about five years or sooner. Scientists expect to try to build commercial skin printers for hospital use. Doctors would take cells from a patient's body, multiply them, and suspend them in a nutrient-rich liquid similar to ink. • A technician would enter measurements of a patient's wound into a computer and feed the suspended cells into the printer. "It would be possible to build up a structure using different cell types mimicking the structure of actual skin. "You can print as many cells as you have print heads. There machine could print up to eight different ‘inks’ where the inks are cell suspensions, scaffold materials or biochemical's."Such a printer could possibly generate bone for bone grafts, or even whole organs, although these goals are farther down the research road "In theory, you could print the scaffolding to create an organ in a day, but we are not quite there yet. Western Australia is where this was originated.

5. Round-up ready corn • Popcorn or 'popping corn' is corn (maize) which expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Corn is able to pop because, unlike other grains, its kernels have a hard moisture-sealed hull and a dense starchy filling. This allows pressure to build inside the kernel until an explosive "pop" results. Some strains of corn are now cultivated specifically as popping corns. • There are many techniques for popping corn. Commercial large-scale popcorn machines were invented by Charles Cretors in the late 19th century. Many types of small-scale home methods for popping corn also exist, with the most popular in the USA being prepackaged. Popcorn has both advocates and detractors. Some consider it to be a health food while others caution against it for a variety of reasons. Popcorn can also have non-food applications, ranging from holiday decorations to packaging materials.Roundup A term in American English referencing the process of gathering animals into an area, known as a muster(live stock) in Australia.

6. Biodiesel(biofuel) • Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics.Biodiesel is the name of a clean burning alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. • Biodiesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel to create a biodiesel blend. It can be used in compression-ignition (diesel) engines with little or no modifications. Biodiesel is simple to use, biodegradable, nontoxic, and essentially free of sulfur and aromatics. • Biodiesel is better for the environment because it is made from renewable resources and has loweremissions compared to petroleum diesel. It is less toxic than table salt and biodegrades as fast as sugar. Since it is made in the USA from renewable resources such as soybeans, its use decreases our dependence on foreign oil and contributes to our own economy.

7. Bibliography • http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-9833107- • 1.html#ixzz1E95tLKRD • http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics/ • http://www.livescience.com/118-printable-skin-inkjet-breakthrough-human-tissue.html

8. questions Cloning pets Q: what is the name of the first commercially cloned pet? Glow in the dark pets Q: for how many years has glow in the dark fish been offered commercially? Printable skin Q: the machines could print up to how many different “inks”? Round up ready corn Q: popcorn has both advocates and what? Biodiesel Q: Biodiesel contains no what?