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biotech

TermDefinition
biotech altering an organism's dna to achieve specific goal
artificial selection changing organisms via controlled breeding
genetic engineering using biological processes to build better organisms
insulin tells muscle/liver/fat cells to absorb sugar
type 1 diabetes immune system kills insulin-making cells
type 2 diabetes muscle/liver ignore insulin
transgenic organism organism whose dna is altered by man
restricting enzymes bacteria cuts up dna to kill stuff. we use this to extract genes we want
plasmids extra bacteria dna, they share with other bacteria
reproductive cloning creating copies of organism without sex (genetic variety)
polly sheep, genes altered to make human growth hormone in milk
dolly first mammal clone (of polly)
STEM cells nondifferentiated, can be given any job, can hypothetically be used to fix muscle/nerve damage
personalized medicine sometimes, different treatments will work better for different people who have the exact same disorder
synthetic biotech creating artificial life
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