1. What did Japanese scientists find in the DNA of E. coli?
2. What type of DNA was inserted into the bacterial DNA?
3. What was the purpose of this foreign DNA in the bacteria? Be specific about how the bacteria are using the foreign DNA as protection.
4. What does CRISPR stand for?
5. Describe how CRISPR works as a gene editing tool.
6. What are some of the possibilities that they discussed for this new gene editing technology?
7. What are some of the controversies / potential dangers that they discussed with respect to the use of this new technology?
8. Where does Jennifer Doudna think we should draw the line at the use of this technology, at least for now?
1. What did Japanese scientists find in the DNA of E. coli?
2. What type of DNA was inserted into the bacterial DNA?
3. What was the purpose of this foreign DNA in the bacteria? Be specific about how the bacteria are using the foreign DNA as protection.
4. What does CRISPR stand for?
5. Describe how CRISPR works as a gene editing tool.
6. What are some of the possibilities that they discussed for this new gene editing technology?
7. What are some of the controversies / potential dangers that they discussed with respect to the use of this new technology?
8. Where does Jennifer Doudna think we should draw the line at the use of this technology, at least for now?
As always, I will be checking for plagiarism. I do not want you to transcribe word-for-word or cite from the podcast. Listen to the podcast, then write your answers yourself. Listen to the podcast – CRISPR Podcast
Answer the following questions. Your grade will be based on how complete and correct your answers are. For many of these questions, you need to listen to the entire podcast to give a complete answer.
1. What did Japanese scientists find in the DNA of E. coli?
2. What type of DNA was inserted into the bacterial DNA?
3. What was the purpose of this foreign DNA in the bacteria? Be specific about how the bacteria are using the foreign DNA as protection.
4. What does CRISPR stand for?
5. Describe how CRISPR works as a gene editing tool.
6. What are some of the possibilities that they discussed for this new gene editing technology?
7. What are some of the controversies / potential dangers that they discussed with respect to the use of this new technology?
8. Where does Jennifer Doudna think we should draw the line at the use of this technology, at least for now?
As always, I will be checking for plagiarism. I do not want you to transcribe word-for-word or cite from the podcast. Listen to the podcast, then write your answers yourself.
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