Genetic Engineering/Recombinant DNA The direct manipulation of an organisms genome using biotechnology New DNA is inserted into a host genome Host organism transcribes and translates that DNA into a protein not normally manufactured by that organism Important/Interesting Examples: Insulin(and other biopharmaceutical)producing bacteria & animals, GloFish, GMO’s
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The direct manipulation of an organisms genome using biotechnology New DNA is inserted into a host genome Host organism transcribes and translates.
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Genetic Engineering/Recombinant DNA
The direct manipulation of an organisms genome using biotechnology
New DNA is inserted into a host genome Host organism transcribes and translates
that DNA into a protein not normally manufactured by that organism
Important/Interesting Examples: Insulin(and other biopharmaceutical)producing bacteria & animals, GloFish, GMO’s
Gene Therapy The use of DNA as a drug to treat disease
by delivering therapeutic DNA into a patients cells.
Good gene is inserted using a virus to replace a mutated gene.
Has been used to treat: Choroderemia, Immunodeficiency diseases, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Beta-thalassemia, and color-blindness in dogs
Speculative Uses:• Designer children and curing genetic diseases in
vitro• Gene Doping to improve athletic performance