BIO 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Embryonic Stem Cell, Xenotransplantation, Bioremediation
24 Oct 2017
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Impetus to dev animals with: improved efficiency and quality of production. Pregnancy/reproduction rate: increase resistance to diseases, extended storage properties/shelf-life, ability to produce human pharmaceutics, models for human diseases, organ donors for xenotransplantation. Basic research: pure science characterize functional importance of genes/development. Livestock (transgenic animals: meats custom tailored to fit preparation and storage needs, alter anatomy. Medicine (gene therapy & cloning: eliminate approx 2,000 single gene human disease and reduce genetic predispositions (diagnostics) to certain diseases in humans, human therapeutic (embryonic stem cells) and reproductive cloning. Pharmaceutics: chemicals and medicines produced by engineered bacteria and other microorganisms. Environmental bioremediation: genetically engineered organisms used to clean up hazardous waste, landfills and env disasters (oil spills) 3 differences b/w genetic engineering and gene therapy. Gene therapy reserved for process of genetically modifying humans; while modified plants/animals/bacteria/fungi are genetically engineered . Genetically engineered organism is entirely genetically modified all cells contain the altered.
