James Hablin writes this essay with the purpose to inform and persuade. His thesis statement is the first sentence and it fully tells the audience the purpose of his essay. He also uses light humor to keep the essay interesting and not too loaded with scientific information, making it easy enough to understand for people who do not know anything about genetic engineering. He informs the audience about the successful science experiment that just happened concerning glowing bunnies and also provides other examples like the mice and cats. He informs of the possible pharmaceutical gain, how it would work and on what they could use it on. He persuades the audience of its great implications because Hablin knows that there are people that are against genetic engineering. He persuades them to help the people with terrible diseases and for the sake of the future.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
5. Glowing Bunnies: Why They Matter
Last week, transgenic bunnies were born. They are extremely healthy and are expected to give birth to many healthy offspring. They also happen to glow green under black light. Dr. Stefan Moisyadi led this project, very similar to the glowing mice project in the 1980s at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine. However, the glowing bunnies were born in Istanbul from a collaboration with Turkish researchers. They used a protein found in jellyfish that creates the glow and injected it into rabbit embryos. Moisyadi said that the bunnies are like a glowing green light bulb. He also said that the bunnies would not be harmed and would live long healthy lives because the jellyfish glowing code is a natural protein. To confirm that fact, the same technique was used on kittens in 2011 for part of an HIV research project. The kittens did not only glow in the dark but were also immune to FIV. Moisyadi hopes that with this genetic manipulation could eventually be applied to people and make cheaper and more effective pharmaceuticals.
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