Biotechnology+and+the+Human+Body

Biotechnology and the Human Body
 * 1) There are about 3000 known dieases linked to genes and scientists are able to diagnose more then 200 of them.
 * 2) A genetic diease is cause by a defect in the persons DNA.
 * 3) To avoid passing on a genetic diease to thier offspring, however, defective genes would need to be located and altered in a patient's sex cells (sperm or egg)
 * 4) People who have diabetes cannot produce their own insulin (a hormone that regulates the level of sugar in the persons blood).
 * 5) Diabetics were commonly treated with insulin taken from cows or pigs, but some patients may experience allergic reactions.
 * 6) Animals, as well as bacteria, can be given human genes
 * 7) The offspring grow up with a human gene.