The awareness of DNA has revolutionized modern life – both in terms of the discovery of the double helix molecular structure that determines individual genetic codes and patterns in a unique arrangement in every single human being and animal, as well as what can be done with it.

With that being said, here are the top four ways in which DNA studies improve the understanding of the world and the organisms that inhabit it.

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1.   DNA Helps to Locate Missing Persons

Anyone who enjoys watching boxsets of true crime on streaming platforms will already be fully aware of the huge and unrivaled influence and impact of the discovery and usage of DNA and geometrics in forensic analysis.

However, DNA analysis and evidence are also one of the first places the police and the FBI turn to when wanting to locate a missing person of any age and from anywhere within the United States. Forensic DNA analysis is a highly complex and intense field to work in, and as such, it requires many years of intensive study, research, and practice.

Police also use DNA to help identify perpetrators of various crimes, and DNA is now the first thing a detective will use to start investigating.

2.   DNA Helps to Find Treatments & Cures for Disease

One of the most impressive ways in which DNA helps to understand the modern world and, more specifically, the organisms residing on the planet is in the context of medical advancement.

Geneticists and scientific researchers use TALEN gene editing and other high-brow and exceedingly complex ways of using DNA to come up with new and more effective ways of fighting diseases and looking into the immune system.

3.   DNA Helps to Better Understand Evolution

Darwin’s Theory of Evolution did and will always form the basis of the study of how humans came into existence. Still, with the introduction of DNA and genetic profiling, it is now possible for DNA sequencing to read and process the genes of every single living organism and, what’s more, some extinct species too.

Genetic profiling through the use of DNA allows scientists and other experts in the field to analyze and learn why some species of animals, for example, became extinct or why some creatures have reached the top of the food chain so seemingly fast.

4.   DNA Helps to Tailor Medications to the Individual

As previously discussed, DNA has made a myriad of otherwise impossible medical discoveries possible, and more specifically, it has also revolutionized the way individual people’s ailments are treated.

DNA sequencing assists medical professionals in determining not only the correct dosage of a particular drug for the patient but also the right drug that is most likely to help them fight the infection or disease.

There are many vocational and highly skilled career pathways that involve learning everything there is to know about DNA and different roles and duties specific to applying what you learn about DNA to various professional fields.

This article was written by James Daniels