Genetic Engineering and Stem Cells
* Restriction enzymes: * Have sticky ends or overhangs of DNA. * This helps to “glue” in the gene of interest in the right direction. * Must find a plasmid with the appropriate sticky ends that match your gene.
* Polymerase Chain Reaction * Taq polymerase * Nucleotides * Thermocycler *
* Gel Electrophoresis: * electrophoresis.html electrophoresis.html * Gene Chip: * tions/content/dnachips2.html tions/content/dnachips2.html * How could gene chip technology transform medicine as we know it?
* Learn how a mouse is cloned. * clickandclone/ clickandclone/ * Many copies of identical mice are cloned from mouse embryos. You can have essentially 1000 identical twins with the same genetics. * This has been used in science for many years.
* Epigenetic patterns already in place (how is DNA tagged to turn genes on and off?) * Transplantation process is costly. * Cells are genetically “older”. Telomerase has been deactivated.