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    The Curing of an Epidemic

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    Lyle Jones Dr. McCurry English 1A 5 November 2012 The Curing of an Epidemic Our nation is overwhelmed with the side effects‚ ranging from diabetes to cancer‚ of the ever-growing trend of obesity. With the rise of cheap food that is not rich with the vital nutrients the body needs‚ our overall health has declined rapidly. Morgan Spurlock‚ writer and documentary filmmaker‚ uses his skills to increase awareness of this “epidemic” to the public. Even though there are numerous factors that

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    MEDICAL USES Diagnostic Biotechnology Uses Biotechnology plays a vital part in the diagnostic science‚ as it uses our knowledge of both DNA and genes to help determine the following. Determine the sex of an unborn baby Prenatal Screening‚ such as screening for Down syndrome. New-born Screening‚ used to pick up diseases such as HIV Presymptomatic testing for adult onset disorders‚ this includes testing for familial high blood cholesterol. Conformational testing for diagnosis of symptomatic

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    Chapter 38: Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology I. Overview: Flowers of Deceit 1. Angiosperm flowers can attract pollinators using visual cues and volatile chemicals 2. Many angiosperms reproduce sexually and asexually 3. Symbiotic relationships are common between plants and other species II. Concept 38.1: Flowers‚ double fertilization‚ and fruits are unique features of the angiosperm life cycle 1. Diploid (2n) sporophytes produce spores by meiosis; these grow into

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    BioByte101 gives an introduction to what Biotechnology is and also provides us an overview to its many applications. The speaker Dr. David Targan defined biotechnology as the use of cells and the cellular process to improve our world‚ to help combat disease‚ develop renewable resources‚ reduce our environmental impact and grow more food. Goals of biotechnology include finding answers to questions to live a long healthy life and to cure many debilitating diseases. Dr. David also discusses the function

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    INTRODUCTION: Biotechnology is a branch where technology is combined with biology for research & development. Biotechnology involves wide range of subjects such as engineering‚ genetics‚ biochemistry‚ microbiology and chemistry. There are various applications of biotechnology in fileds such as animal husbandry‚ growth of vaccines and medicines‚ agriculture‚ pollution control‚ energy production and conservation‚ healing of prolonged disease and ecological conservation. It also helps in development

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    Biotechnology and its Prospects: Past and Present situation in Nepal The word ‘biotechnology’ itself sounds whimsical and it does have some research glamour on it but in the simplest way biotechnology is the research oriented subject where people can do research from zero level to gene level. Science and innovation has taken a great leap‚ have deciphered thousands of human life related riddles that were unanswered two decades ago. In quest of discoveries‚ biotechnology has emerged as a new field

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    What is biotechnology? Contrary to its name‚ biotechnology is not a single technology. Rather it is a group of technologies that share two (common) characteristics -- working with living cells and their molecules and having a wide range of practice uses that can improve our lives. Biotechnology can be broadly defined as "using organisms or their products for commercial purposes." As such‚ (traditional) biotechnology has been practices since he beginning of records history. (It has been used to:)

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    simplest‚ biotechnology is technology based on biology - biotechnology harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. We have used the biological processes of microorganisms for more than 6‚000 years to make useful food products‚ such as bread and cheese‚ and to preserve dairy products. Modern biotechnology provides breakthrough products and technologies to combat debilitating and rare diseases‚ reduce our

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    technology. The extra genes or gene may come from same species or from a completely different species. Transgenesis has many beneficial applications for human application such as producing milk with human proteins‚ which help with treatment of emphysema‚ disease models‚ create high value products to be used on human therapy. Transgenic cows & modified milk Cow’s milk is made up of water‚ sugar‚ fat‚ proteins‚ vitamins and minerals. Casein is a key protein making for 80% of the total protein found

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    e incorporated a fusion tag prior to our genes of interest and attached the expressed fusion proteins covalently on microarrays. This enhances the specific binding of the proteins compared to nitrocellulose. Thus‚ it helps to reduce the number of false positives significantly. It enables us to screen for immunogenic proteins in a shorter The correct insert size was determined by Colony PCR. Plasmids from clones containing the correct-sized inserts were isolated and the MCS was sequenced using both

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