"Biology has at least 50 more interesting years." - James Watson

Supplementary videos

Gene Editing Using CRISPR: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (Cleveland Clinic)
Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cas9 (McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT)
Ebola vaccine: in GM tobacco plants
GMO Soybeans & Sustainability: herbicide and no-till
Biofuels in one easy step: just add modified E. Coli
Engineering switchgrass: to create a better biofuel
Genetically modified mosquitoes bred to fight Zika
Golden rice: enriched with beta carotene to treat vitamin A deficiency (PRI)
The Future of Food 25:30-30:00 engineering Roundup Ready corn
Therapeutic cloning I : nuclear transfer (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning II : making a blastocyst for embryonic stem cells (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning III : blastocyst development (HHMI)
Therapeutic cloning IV : growing stem cells with Sonic Hedgehog (HHMI)
First baby born with DNA from 3 parents
First baby born with 3 parent technique: nuclear transfer
Short tandem repeats: for forensic analysis
DNA fingerprinting: restriction enzymes, electrophoresis, repeat sequences
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)
Breeding out disease (CBS 60 Minutes, 10/26, 2014)1:30 - 6:45
Personal DNA testing 4:30 - 10:30 What are your genetic risk factors? (NOVA scienceNOW)

Extra credit readings

• 40 Years Ago, GMO Insulin Was Controversial Also American Council on Science and Health 8/29/17
• GM Anopheles mosquitoes with glowing gonads may fight malaria Imperial College London 10/9/05
• A Mosquito Solution for Dengue in Florida: More Mosquitoes New York Times
• Malaria vaccine? Genetic Literacy Project 1/4/15
• Drought tolerant transgenic crops Science X Network 1/15/16
• The Gene-Altered Monster That Almost Got Away San Francisco State University 7/18/98
• Bt-Corn and European Corn Borer University of Illinois Extension 2004
• Golden Rice Greenpeace International
• β-Carotene in Golden Rice is as good as β-carotene in oil at providing vitamin A to children American Journal of Clinical Nutrition September 2012
• Golden Rice-2 Shines in Nutrition Study Agricultural Research. Vol. 58 Issue 5 May 2010
• Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01
• Cloning world's first copy-cat NewScientist 2/15/02
• 30 years since first DNA fingerprint The Guardian 6/7/16
• Golden State Killer found through relative's DNA Washington Post 4/28/18

Additional material

• GMO in your food: marketing the hype
• RFLP as a genetic diagnostic tool: determining a person's genotype by gel electrophoresis