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Why might scientists be interested in making transgenic organisms?

Transgenic organisms glow in the dark and provide a light source in dark places.

Transgenic organisms can produce a desired product that may benefit other organisms.

Transgenic organisms can be used to cut strands of DNA molecules into fragments.

Transgenic organisms can be used as a medium to transfer foreign DNA into a host cell

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the answer is B. Transgenic organisms can produce a desired product that may benefit other organisms
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The right answer is Transgenic organisms can produce a desired product that may benefit other organisms.

A transgenic organism contains DNA combining stably integrated in all its cells. In other words, the organism, be it a plant, an animal or a microorganism, has a new piece of DNA embedded in it. a chromosome in each of its cells. This "new piece" of DNA usually contains a gene from another organism (plant, animal or other) that has been modified to be expressed in the new organization. A transgenic organism may even possess the DNA of another organism of the same species. The inserted gene can be called the transgene.

Currently, diabetics are treated by injecting insulin from either a healthy human donor or cultures of genetically modified (transgenic) bacteria that secrete the protein.

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