Recombinant DNA

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is “a self-replicating material which is present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information”. This information codes for the production of all the proteins an organism will ever need. DNA or a particular gene is extracted through the use of restriction enzymes, for the Bt corn its the gene which…

Introduction What if scientists could create a human being in a laboratory with only DNA? Advancements in genetic engineering technology have made that a viable option in the foreseeable future. While “test tube babies” cannot yet be born from only lab equipment, there are ways that a child’s DNA can be manipulated in ways that can eliminate hereditary disease genes and mutations. Since the field is still experimental, this is what it has been limited to up until this point. This strict…

organized with cells and with in those cells, DNA. This organization provides all the genetic information and structure for the organism. The different types of cells change the way the organisms move and get their energy. The division of cells allows the to grow and reproduce. Mitosis is the division of body cells and meiosis is the division of sex cells. The replication of DNA aids in the process of cell division. Protein synthesis is the translation of DNA to proteins using the three types of…

Illustration of sexduction in E. coli using streptomycin resistant F-lac- recipients and F′lac+ donors Abstract The process in which DNA from a donor cell is transferred through physical contact into a recipient cell is known as conjugation. In the experiment, sexduction, a cross between F′ and F- plasmids, was demonstrated by mixing the donor and recipient, diluting them and using selective plating methods. The plasmids from the donor, recipient and transconjugant were isolated and analyzed…

1. Introduction Plants are crucial to the health and wellness of humanity. Over thousands of years, in an attempt to establish themselves within a single region, early humans began to use cultivation techniques, which is now called agriculture. It was with the advent of farming - when men realized that planting seeds resulted in germination - that societies began to develop more than 12,000 years ago. Communities then started to grow plants to feed them, and over the years, they developed a…

Even though gene therapy has existed for a while, its acceptance has been slower than most people had anticipated. This is regardless of the fact that this therapy is helpful in curing terminal diseases like cancer. These six sources provide me with different perspectives that will allow me to support the thesis of my paper and has given me an insight on the issue of gene therapy. It is clear that gene therapy has not received the attention it deserves mostly because of ethical and economic…

gene line therapy is a process of transferring the DNA into the reproductive cells in the body such as an egg or a sperm cell. DNA is deoxyribonucleic acid which is double helix code which consists of nitrogenous bases such as adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. These nitrogenous bases account for the genome code of A,T,G, and C. The nitrogenous base provides a specific sequence unique to each individual inherited from parents’ genetics. This DNA transferring involves in vitro fertilisation…

changed. Instilled, of breeding two similar types of creatures or plants together, scientists and engineer can immediately modify the transmitted sequence of the DNA of a species. In altering plants and specific crops for food supply have…

Introduction Nucleotide is a building block for deoxyribose nucleic acids which is called DNA that has four base units,adenin(A) ,thymine(T) ,guanine(G), cytosine(C). The nucleotides can bond with their base pairs(A=T,G=C) to form a linear strand that is supported by sugar-phosphate backbone. In the linear strand, some of three base sequence is a codon and each codon is related to an amino acid. These codons come together in a linear sequence and create a gene. Gene can be called as cipher that…

Year 10 Research Task – Genetics and Evolution Gene Therapy What is Gene Therapy? ‘Therapeutic gene therapy’ is an experimental technique that uses genes to treat or prevent disease. Inheriting faulty genes causes a wide range of conditions, including cystic fibrosis and haemophilia, and may cause susceptibility to some cancers. It is an experimental technique with aims to rid genetic conditions at their source. Several approaches are being tested - - Replacement of a mutated gene with a working…