Response to Hannah's Final Project

After reading Hannah’s Blog, I have learned a lot about the human genome project that I did not already know. According to Hannah’s Blog, “On May 13th, 2008 at Cornell University in New York, the first human embryo was genetically engineered. The Cornell scientists took the gene for a fluorescent protein and put it into the single-celled human embryo they were testing. Above, the chromosome pairs the embryo had were glowing after three days. The head scientist, Dr. Rosenwak explained that the division of the daughter cells after this time period means that the gene for the fluorescent protein would be able to be passed on to future generations.” This captivating piece of information really shows the strides in technology we have made. We have made such great progress in technology and now we are getting close to being able to change and alter embryos. This is life altering information for some people, as through these strides we may be able to come up with cures for certain diseases such as cancer years before we even imagined possible. The human genome project is very interesting and I am excited to hear more about it in the coming years.