1. How do we reverse-engineer a
dinosaur from a chicken?
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2. Why not use dino-DNA?
• Finding dinosaur DNA has proven to be
unsuccessful.
• Blood vessels and soft tissues have been
recovered.
• DNA breaks down too fast.
• Reverse-engineer from chickens
instead.
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4. So what?
It’s cool but how is it important?
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5. 1. Gene Therapy
• Fight disease
• Parkinson's
• HIV
• Cancer
• Correct mutation
• Color blindness
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6. 2. Genetic Engineering
•Genome mapping and manipulation
• Medicine
• Insulin, Human growth hormone
• Agriculture
• Fungal and virus resistance
• Commercial
• Biological factories
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7. 3. Education
• According to the 2009 National
Assessment of Educational Progress
• Only 31.6% of all students are “proficient”
or better in science.
• Fewer than 3% of students qualify as
“advanced”.
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8. Sources
• TED.com
• Jack Horner: Building a dinosaur from a
chicken
• technologyreview.com
• Making Gasoline from Bacteria
• genome.gov
• gmo-compass.org
• WSJ Online
• Students Score Poorly on Science Test
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