Chapter 1 Vocab
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Genetic Engineering | the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material.
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Bioinformatics | the science of collecting and analyzing complex biological data such as genetic codes.
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Syntheic Biology | the design and construction of biological devices and systems for useful purposes.
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Devloping Countries | a poor agricultural country that is seeking to become more advanced economically and socially.
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Green Revolution | a large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.
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DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid, a self-replicating material present in nearly all living organisms as the main constituent of chromosomes. It is the carrier of genetic information.
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Transgenic | of, relating to, or denoting an organism that contains genetic material into which DNA from an unrelated organism has been artificially introduced.
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Biotech | short for biotechnology.
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Geneticall Modified | (of an organism or crop) containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic.
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Genetically Engineered | also called genetic modification, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology
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Cloning | make an identical copy of.
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Biomanufacturing | use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products
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Pharming | the process of genetically modifying plants and animals so that they produce substances that may be used as pharmaceuticals.
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Personalized Medicine | a medical model that proposes the customization of healthcare - with medical decisions, practices, and/or products being tailored to the individual patient
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Personalized Genomics | branch of genomics concerned with the sequencing and analysis of the genome of an individual
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Gene Therapy | the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
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Stem Cells | an undifferentiated cell of a multicellular organism that is capable of giving rise to indefinitely more cells of the same type, and from which certain other kinds of cell arise by differentiation.
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Bioremediation | the use of either naturally occurring or deliberately introduced microorganisms or other forms of life to consume and break down environmental pollutants, in order to clean up a polluted site.
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Biotechnology | the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, esp. the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc.
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