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Biotech Ch 1a

Biotech Essentials

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Bioethics study of the ethical, legal, and social issues that arise in medicine, life sciences, and biotechnology
Biotechnology technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms (or derivatives of) to make or modify products or processes
Recombinant DNA (rDNA) genetically engineered DNA made by linking fragments of DNA from different organisms
Genetic Engineering manipulation of DNA of an organism. Add/delete of endogenous DNA sequences
Recombinant Protein Protein derived from genetically engineered DNA
Cell Culture process of growing cells under controlled conditions
Chromatography set of techniques for separating molecules based on their physical and chemical characteristics
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique uses multiple cycles of defined temperature changes to amplify specific DNA sequences
Thermal Cycler instrument used in PCR at automates the repeated cycles of heating and cooling.
Spectrophotometer instrument for measuring the absorbance of light by a solution at a particular wavelength
Applied Research research used to develop solutions that help solve problems
-omics describes branches of research in the biological sciences
Genomics study of genomes of organisms
Proteomics study of proteome (whole proteins) in cells, tissues, organs etc... in a specific time period
Transcriptomics study of the transcriptome, every RNA transcript expressed in a cell or organism
Metabolomics study of all the matabolites or processes in biological cell, tissue, organ or organism
Microbiomics study of all microorganisms living in a place at the same time
Bioinformatics application of information technology and computer science to biological research
Antibodies protein formed in response to a challenge of the immune system by a foreign agent. they bind to specific antigens
Assay procedure that tests or measures a property of a sample
Created by: MCHSBiotech
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