https://blog.jpl.design/posts/f19/biotechnology/Recent content on JPL BLOGHugo -- gohugo.iohttps://blog.jpl.design/posts/f19/biotechnology/readings/Wed, 18 Sep 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.jpl.design/posts/f19/biotechnology/readings/Readings # Scale Matters # – A Fantasy of Gene Drive Jaws (1975). Steven Spielberg. IMDB. What if we can modify scales of creatures with Gene Drive? How we grow? # The GH1 gene provides instructions for making the growth hormone protein. Growth hormone is produced in the growth-stimulating somatotropic cells of the pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain. Growth hormone is necessary for the normal growth of the body’s bones and tissues.