As we learn new ways of altering genes, there seems to be limitless prospects for genetically engineered products. However, the most crucial applications of genetic engineering are the cures of inherited genetic diseases in humans. […]
While we can’t yet clone animals from just any single cell, the techniques may be used to preserve or even increase Earth’s biodiversity, or to preserve libraries of genetic material for organisms now threatened with extinction. […]
There are techniques that can be used to compare, quickly and accurately, the DNA from different organisms. Moreover, all sorts of things to manipulate DNA can be done in laboratories now. […]
Biological information is stored in deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. The genetic code converts the four-letter alphabet of DNA into a correct sequence of amino acids, and it uses ribonucleic acid, or RNA, to do this. […]
Scientists can manipulate and analyze tiny amounts of DNA through a simple technique called the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This technique has found many applications in science and technology. […]
Each chromosome is a collection of atoms that carries a specific sequence of genes. These are, in a sense, separate coded instructions on how to make a specific protein. Hence, they are also referred to as the ‘atoms of inheritance’. […]
Post the discovery of the structure of the DNA, it took molecular biologists only half a century to decode the four-letter genetic alphabet. They did so by understanding the functioning of the messenger and transfer RNA and how they help build protein from amino acids. […]
The success of a virus comes from its ability to confuse the host cell into thinking that they’re food. Once inside, the cell’s polymerase begins replicating the viral DNA. […]
The Human Genome Project was started with the aim of ascertaining full record of the human genetic information. It involved the dual process of mapping and sequencing the human genome. […]
Genetic code could be better understood when some unknown variations or mutations occurred. One such study involved research on mutant forms of the simple bacterium E. coli. […]
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