Sources

Analysis of Five Sources

Pharming for Farmaceutals
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/archive/pharming/

This informative webpage is published by The University of Utah, archived under its official “TEACHER RESOURCES & LESSON PLANS.” This source is credible, as it is officially endorsed by the University’s Educational Resources Development Council and provides a non-biased, informative and easy to understand content about the topic of transgenic animals and pharming. The page is succinct and engaging with animation content to explain how certain processes of transgenic animals work, and is an excellent source of information on the topic.

Ehow – Advantages & Disadvantages of Biopharming
http://www.ehow.com/info_8604210_two-advantages-two-disadvantages-biopharming.html

Ehow is a user based informative website which hosts articles covering an endless amount of topics. Expectedly, this article was written by an “Ehow Contributor,” and therefore provides no further information on the author’s qualifications on the subject. As a result, the information provided is not necessarily confirmed to be true to any extent; however it is unbiased as it provides both the positive and negative side of the issue. Despite the article’s content having no confirmation of whether it is true or false, the information provided are speculations on both sides of the issue drawn from common sense, and can be regarded as reasonable. This webpage may not be written by an expert on biopharming, however it can be considered a reliable source of information as the debate does not necessarily rely on facts, but rather opinions, and this article does a great job at providing this without bias.

Biopharming: Turning Plants into Factories
http://www.fas.org/biosecurity/education/dualuse-agriculture/2.-agricultural-biotechnology/biopharming.html

This link is a great resource on finding information about the processes behind the many different areas of biotechnology. The webpage focuses on biopharming and helps to explain the process through a video and mainly theoretical explanation. Because of this, the website is targeted as more of a factual source and requires external research to help understand its content. The website is run by an organization called the Federation of American Scientists, and appears to be managed by experts in science making it a credible source.

The Economist: Pharming Today
http://www.economist.com/node/1647657

The Economist is a weekly newspaper and published this article in 2003 in print edition, providing an internet version for easier access. As with any media company, information can often be unreliable and in many cases biased. This article seems to draw on the positives of pharming and supports the cause, making it a biased source, however it provides some information on the economics of pharming and the price tag which may be involved with the different processes. The prices cannot necessarily be verified either, however newspaper companies generally employ fact checkers to ensure that the information they are providing is correct. With that being said, the information provided in this article should only be taken as an approximate value rather than a definite fact.

TechFAQ – Pharming
http://www.tech-faq.com/pharming.html

Tech-FAQ is a website built by people who believe in the transformative power of technology, and is a comprehensive resource of information. There is little information on the authors; however the article on pharming provides a straightforward view on the advantages of pharming and its applications in the real world. No citations have been sourced on this article itself; however its comprehensive and informative collection of resources on all areas of technology (more than 4000 articles) provides some reliability to the information provided on this website.

References & Bibliography

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"PHARMING FOR FARMACEUTICALS." Pharming for Farmaceuticals. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. <http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/archive/pharming/index.html>.

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"Vaccine-preventable Diseases." WHO. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. <http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2006/g8summit/vaccines/en/>.

"World Wide Words: Molecular Farming." World Wide Words: Molecular Farming. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2013. <http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-mol2.htm>.