Chromosome tampering

Reading about how DNA may be altered chemically in the body I asked a sister of mine who does genetic research for a living to express her ideas about how we may preserve our body chemistry from being altered criminally, without one's knowledge.

Here is what she wrote...

Hi all,

However, I am a scientist using this genomic information to try and save lives through medicine. This is the goal-- Also, we need to study the function of genes, and sometimes it is important to move such genes into other organisms to study them safely. Such 'study organisms' are useful because they cannot infect humans-- thus much safer to study in the lab. Although it seems one could alter the human genome, this is very very hard and unlikely because of very difficult reproductive biology issues. It is vastly important to save our planet, regardless of their being bad people and difficult governments present in the world. I support making genetically modified organisms for energy and health.

Also, there are many many guidelines for utilizing forensic DNA samples. If anything, the courts are continually coming down on the side not to fully utilize DNA samples. I have seen this in action. If anything, DNA forensics should be used MORE not Less. The DNA polymorphisms in humans are so diverse, it is difficult to match two people (sometimes even identical twins are different!) using several different DNA sequencing strands. I support DNA forensics.
Renee LeBoeuf, PhD            
July 2, 2007

Here, most recently, are her webpages from the University of Washington, Seattle:

Director
Renée C. LeBoeuf
(206) 543-5208

Here is a picture of Renee LeBoeuf, Ph.D.

This is found on her 1977 State University of New York, Buffalo webpages...

Renee LeBoeuf, Ph.D.
Professor, Pathobiology 
(State University of New York, Buffalo, 1977)
Research is directed toward identifying environmental and genetic factors involved in the development of atherosclerosis, diabetes/obesity, and Alzheimer's disease. Environmental factors include dietary components (e.g. fat, cholesterol, carbohydrate, and iron) and potential pathogens (e.g. Chlamydia). Genetic factors include genes coding for proteins involved in lipid metabolism and inflammation. A focus is the role of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) and mice lacking TNF and IL-1 receptors are used to determine the molecular mechanism(s) controlling disease severity. Inbred mouse strains differing in susceptibility to these diseases are used. Finally, inbred mice are used in positional cloning approaches to identify new genes involved in disease development.

  

 

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