BIO409H5 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Nylon, Bacteriophage, Royal Agricultural Society Of England
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Examples: ancient biotech (plant cultivation/domestication), animal domestication, herbal. Medicine (mamala tree bark for hiv), traditional biotech (fermentation/food processing, breeding/selection, antibiotics). Modern biotech: science of many disciplines: pharma, regulatory (fda), environment/aquatic, agriculture, drug development (bioinformatics), detection (forensics). ex. Gene cloning, genetic engineering, recombinant dna, human genome project. Top 10 biotech drugs (sales over billion) Stimulate antibody production in patients with immune system disorders. Correct pituitary deficiencies and short stature in humans; in cows to produce more milk. Diagnose and treat variety of diseases including arthritis and cancer. Tissue plasminogen activator treat heart attacks and stroke. Blood clotting resolution by tpa: drug aids survival from stroke, drips clot-busting drug tpa directly onto a clot, through catheter, not bloodstream. Catheter fed from femoral artery in groin to clot to brain. Microbial: manipulating bacteria and yeast to: create better enzymes, efficient decontamination processes for waste removal, clone and produce large amounts of proteins in human medicine.
