NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Gene Therapy, There Are Known Knowns, Retrovirus
20 Jun 2013
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Barnes & dupre, excerpt from genomes and what to make of. Biotechnology: coined 1917, original associated with brewing, wine (yeast makes alcohol, but especially good making more of it, but little discussion about genetics in biotechnology until early 1970s. Genetic engineering: not quite the same thing as biotechnology the two stat to fuse in the 70s as ability to do stuff with genes increases, first use of recombinant dna. Use of metaphors in science and communication: in order to be understood, an expert might use a context that is easily understandable to lay people. Problem of causality: how exactly does a gene cause a trait to occur, later: dna codes for (i. e. tells other cellular organs to make) proteins, not the computer science language: dna as software . Scientific curiosity goes where the money is (shapes direction) Mosaic view of organism (organism as a collection of traits hair colour, eye colour, height) one gene-one trait notion.
