Changing DNA

Caroline Goldberg
Mr. Webb

A new article that was released on science daily.com (article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/02/130201090612.htm) states that scientists are getting closer to be closer to another "industrial revolution." In London, researchers might have found a better way to deliver drugs ot patients and make them work more effectively. Scientists think they are now able to re-engineer DNA and mRNA and put the new cells into factories to observe how the cell changes, but in a more efficient way than before. They have shrunk the time down from 2 days to 6 hours to see the new strands of mRNA by changing the first set of DNA. This way of changing DNA also shows the efficacy of drugs given to potential patients.

I think this article is very interesting. I think it's very cool that scientists can look at how different medications effect people before they take them, which I think can really help in the future. It;s great to know that we could potentially look at side effects of medication before we give them people to make sure they are safe to take for any circumstance. This new study could really help change the future because humans or animals won't have to test medications before they are put on the market for people to take.