although this has already been expressed numerous times in
other blog posts, I would first like to say that all the groups executed their
poster presentations very well. I am intrigued to learn more about each of the
three topics discussed. The poster projects from Thursday and the pictures
recapping the topics really set the bar high for the upcoming groups (including
mine, 4 wabbits). The poster and presentation that really caught my eye
surrounded around the topic of Genetically modified organisms (GMO). I have
never put much thought into this topic I just tend to think of anything
genetically modified in a negative light. One specific portion of the
presentation that intrigued me was
regarding “Pharm-Animals”, the usage of genetically modified animals mainly pigs to
produce insulin for Diabetics. Pharm-Animals instantly got me thinking of my twenty-five year
old sister who has battled Diabetes nearly her entire life (she was diagnosed
at 4. Without a fully functioning pancreas she is unable to produce enough
insulin for her body to control her blood sugar. Needless to say, Insulin has
always been a huge part of my life as it has taken over full shelves in my fridge, has been injected into my sister’s
body on a regular basis and I have been taught how and where to inject it if
necessary(Unfortunately I have had to). Never once have I taken time to
research into where it can come from. When I think about GMO I instantly think
only about genetically modified foods which still freaks me out because in
reality we really still do not completely know what these “Franken foods” truly
do to our bodies. This poster
presentation however got me thinking that not all aspects of the GMO technology
can be categorized and painted with bad connotations.
It seems that Seven Deadly Sins did a very good job on this presentation of GMO on Thursday, unfortunately I was sick and was not able to attend. What a miss! But I do agree with you that GMO as most people think it's more on the negative side, also has something on the positive side. Like you mentioned above, GMO helps animals like pig to produce insulin for diabetics. In addition to that, when I was doing my intervention project and background report assignment, I had to chance to first, know what GMO is, second, I could have a glance on both sides of pros and cons of GMO. Although the cons side was pretty terrifying, the pros side did look pretty useful to the society. So there is always both sides of a lot of thing, and I think that when we decide what is bad, we should also find out what is good about it.
ReplyDeleteThis is a prime example of how valuable HMO's can be to the world we live in. I think it's important to look at both sides of anything that is put into your body voluntarily, but in this situation the benefits far outweigh the risks. Great posting !
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