BIOTECHNOLOGY

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BIOTECHNOLOGY

• Some examples.

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Recombinant DNA
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Transgenic Animals

• Transgenic goat's milk offers hope for tackling
  children's intestinal disease
• It's hard to improve on milk, but animal
  scientists at the University of California,
  Davis, have found that milk produced by
  transgenic goats, which carry the gene for an
  antibacterial enzyme found in human breast milk,
  altered the intestinal bacteria in young goats
  and pigs that were fed the milk. The researchers
  hope these findings will one day lead to milk
  that protects infants and children against
  diarrheal illnesses, which each year kill more
  than 2 million children worldwide, according to
  the World Health Organization. The results of
  their study will be reported in the August issue
  of the international journal Transgenic Research.
• "This goat's milk represents one of the first
  transgenic food products that has the potential
  to really benefit human health," said Professor
  Jim Murray, who led the study along with
  Professor Gary Anderson and animal scientist
  Elizabeth Maga. "The results of the study
  indicate that the protective, antibacterial
  characteristics of lysozyme-rich human breast
  milk are also present in milk produced by
  transgenic goats that carry the gene for
  lysozyme."

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Transgenic PlantsGenetically Modified Foods

• Plants can be modified so they are resistant to
  insects and pests
• Engineered rice plants with increased iron and
  vitamins can be used to feed malnourished people
• Scientists are working on modifying peanuts so
  they dont cause an allergic reaction

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Antibody Production from Recombinant DNA
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Genetic Diseases

• Amniocentesis
• Chorionic Villi Sampling

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Karotyping
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Cloning process
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Cloning
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Stem Cell Research
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• Embryonic Blastocyst

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Human Genome Project

• http//www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome
  /posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml

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Microarrays/DNA Chips
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DNA Fingerprinting

• Crime Scene Example
• OJ Simpson Trial
• Property
• Glove
• Bronco

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DNA Fingerprinting

• Paternity Tests

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DNA Fingerprinting

• Paternity Tests