Your body contains trillions of cells which make up the physical you. Each one of these cells has a blueprint that is completely unique to you, called yourย DNA.
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In order to read all that information on your DNA, we use machines that do โgene sequencing.โ A gene is a distinct stretch of DNA that determines something about who you are. โGene sequencingโ is where we can go through and laboriously read every single character in your DNA and then store it in a big file.
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What if we couldย change genes in order to start changing your attributes? This is now possible using a technology calledย โgene editing.โย This is where we are able to precisely โsnipโ sections of DNA from the strand and then replace them with our own snippets.
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All these methods fall under the envelope of โgenetic engineeringโ. Consequently, gene editing is just another form of genetic engineering.
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Genetic engineering is the direct manipulation of an organismโs DNA using any number of methods. GMO is the genetic modification of organisms. Itโs been around for a while and uses imprecise methods of genetic engineering. Gene editing is now a more precise method of genetic engineering which hopes to avoid any bad associations with GMO.
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