and flavor and remain firm longer than normal tomatoes. One advantage of plant biotechnology is that it is possible to transfer only the gene or genes of the trait the person wants into new plants in a more accurate manner within a short period of time. Plant biotechnology also lets the transfer of genes from organisms that are not plants, such as bacteria, to plants, as well as between plants that are not compatible. For example, genes from soil bacteria have been put into a number of crop plants to let them protect themselves against insects.As essayist Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart write, biotechnology can be used to cure rare diseases. By taking CFTR from goats, cystic fibrosis can be treated, and by taking TPA from goats, it can reduce the severity of heart attacks. Even the most simplest things, like a banana, that we take for granted everyday, can be use to cure hepatitis B. Cattle can also produce a human collagen that can repair cartilage, bone, and skin. By using biotechnology researchers can also identify someone if an unknown person if they ever died, like they are doing for the victims that died in the tragedy that happened on September 11. In a lab in Salt Lake City called Myriad, they are testing cotton swabs that contain DNA off the cheeks of the victims that died in the World Trade Jones 3Center disaster. New York City officials estimate that as many as a million DNA samples have to be tested in the lab. The Myriad lab will perform a standard DNA analysis that is used to convict crime suspects to find out who died in the incident. By using biotechnology, you can make a stronger strain of the same substance. You can also give better nutrition to and flavor to foods and give it the ability to fight off pest and diseases. Biotechnology is able to cut off a certain gene in one organism, take it out, and then put it in another organism. In research laboratories, certain strains of bacteria are being made to degrad...
