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DNA Technology and Genomics
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Genetic Engineering/ DNA Technology 3 types of Cloning Technologies: 1.Recombinant DNA Technology/ DNA Cloning 2. Reproductive Cloning 3. Therapeutic Cloning
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Cloning the bovine growth hormone (BGH) gene
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Recombinant DNA Technology/ DNA Cloning
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Cloning a Gene Cloning means making many copies of a gene
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Recombinant DNA Technology/ DNA Cloning 1. Remove the Gene of Interest 2. Cut the Plasmid DNA 3. Insert the Gene into the Bacterial Plasmid 4. Insert the Recombined Plasmid into the Bacterial Cell 5. Let the Bacteria Reproduce
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1. Remove the gene of interest (ex: BGH gene) using restriction enzymes Restriction enzymes cut DNA at specific sequences called palindromes...
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Restriction Enzymes Leave “Sticky Ends”
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Restriction Enzymes The unpaired bases on the sticky ends form bonds with any complementary bases with which they come into contact
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2. Cut the Plasmid DNA with the Same Restriction Enzyme
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3. Insert the Gene of Interest into the Bacterial Plasmid (The bacterial plasmid is also cut with the restriction enzyme, leaving sticky ends)
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4. Insert the Recombined Plasmid into a Bacterial Cell
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5. Let the Bacteria Reproduce
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Other Proteins Made by DNA Cloning: Insulin for diabetics Clotting factors for hemophiliacs
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Basic Versus Applied Research Basic research no profit motive or direct commercial application – generally government funded Applied research immediate and profitable application – generally privately funded
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Reproductive Cloning/Cloning Entire Organisms
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Reproductive Cloning Technology used to generate an animal that has the same nuclear DNA as another curretly or previously existing animal
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Steps in Nuclear Transfer
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Steps in Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
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Results of Nuclear Transfer Experiments There were 277 failures before this nuclear transfer technique succeeded;
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Reproductive Cloning Dolly was successfully born in 1997
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Reproductive Cloning Dolly was put to sleep at the age of 6 in 2003 She was suffering from arthritis and a progressive lung disease These are usually only seen in old sheep
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Other Organisms Reproductively Cloned Mouse Cow Goat Mule Horse Rabbit Cat Pig Dog Rat Deer
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Why Do Reproductive Cloning?
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Have We Reproductively Cloned Humans?
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Opposition and Support of Human Cloning
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What do YOU think?
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Therapeutic Cloning/ Embryo Cloning Instead of cloning entire organisms, there is therapeutic cloning Stem cells are induced to turn into specific tissue cells
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Therapeutic Cloning
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The Human Genome Project Sequenced the entire human genome
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Goals of The Human Genome Project
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Organisms With Genome Sequenced Rhesus Macaque Fruit Fly Zebra fish Potato
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Many organisms have genome projects that have either been completed or will be completed shortly, including : Humans Neanderthal Haemophilus influenzae, a bacterium Common House Mouse Brown Rat Common Chimpanzee Rhesus Monkey Domestic Chicken Domestic Cat Domestic Dog Common fruit fly Baker's yeast
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Many organisms have genome projects that have either been completed or will be completed shortly, including Red bread mold, Thale Cress Rice Common Wheat Corn Poplar Tree E. coli bacteria SARS virus Nematode worm Zebra fish Tomato Potato Western Honey Bee Grapevine Spanish flu virus
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The Human Genome Project These were used as model organisms in genetic studies These model organisms contain genes that are the same as human genes
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Gene Testing
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DNA Chips
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Pros and Cons of Gene Testing
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Gene Therapy Once the genetics are worked out, gene therapy can be researched Replacing defective genes with functional ones –Germ line gene therapy in embryos –Somatic cell gene therapy in individual somatic cells in affected tissues
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Gene Therapy Germ Line Gene Therapy Somatic Cell Gene Therapy
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Gene Therapy Non disease causing virus is genetically engineered with the functioning gene that is needed in SCID patients The virus infects the immune cells and the immune cells get the functioning gene
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Gene Therapy
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Treatment for SCID (severe combined immunodeficiency) Gene therapy in cells of the immune system
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Somatic Gene Therapy is not widely used Is only for single gene disorders with cells that can be removed, engineered and then replaced in the body
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Somatic Gene Therapy The condition may still be passed to offspring, because somatic cell gene therapy does not treat all the cells in the body
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Setbacks to Gene Therapy
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1.Treat Cancer 2. Gene Therapy to treat inherited form of blindness is successful!Gene Therapy to treat inherited form of blindness is successful Recent Successes in Gene Therapy
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Genetically Modified Crop Plants
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Genetically Modified Food
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Inserting the Gene
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Pros to Creating Genetically Modified Food
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Genetic Engineers Can Modify Food Transgenic organisms are produced when a gene from one organism is incorporated into the genome of another The more popular term for transgenic organisms is GMO, for genetically modified organism GM foods means genetically modified
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Cons to Creating Genetically Modified Food
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Genetically Modified Foods in the U.S. Diet Over half of all food in U.S. market contain at least some GM foods –Most soybeans grown are modified for herbicide resistance –GM corn – an ingredient in most processed foods – is common as well –GM canola and cottonseed oils are used in a huge range of food products
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FDA Regulations Manufactures must get FDA approval for an food not generally recognized as safe (GRAS), including new genetically engineered food substances The FDA declared milk from rBGH cows safe for consumption in 1993
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How Are GM Foods Evaluated for Safety? The EPA must approve all GM crops GM foods can cause allergic reactions (8% of us are allergic to foods) Newly inserted genes may also encode proteins that prove to be toxins
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