This survey course will explore how living cells are used to create products with medical, industrial, agricultural, forensic, and environmental applications. Students will study the basics of cellular biology including DNA replication and translation to understand how scientists have learned ways to modify the code of life to feed, heal, and sustain life on our planet. Students will examine and discuss these technologies' ethical considerations, moral dilemmas, and sociopolitical implications and look to Catholic theology for guidance. This class will include laboratory investigations such as DNA extraction, PCR amplification, electrophoresis, culturing bacteria, and protein quantitation.