click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Biotech
Engineering
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Biotechnology | The study or control of living things. |
Autoimmune disorders | When the immune system accidentally destroys itself. |
Chemical bases | Three genes that make up the body to form DNA. |
Cloning | To generate identical molecules, cells, plants, and animals. |
Diamond vs. Chakrabarty | A case dealing with genetic modified organism. |
DNA | genetic material of most living organisms. |
Dna fingerprinting | A test to identify and evaluate the genetic information called DNA in a person's cells. |
Fermentation | The anaerobic conversion of sugar to carbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast. |
Genes | A region of DNA that controls a hereditary characteristic. |
Genetics | Biology that deals with heredity, especially the mechanisms of hereditary transmission. |
Genetic engineering | A laboratory technique used by scientists to change the DNA of living organisms. |
Gene therapy | A technique for correcting defective genes responsible for disease development. |
Human genome map | The finished sequence of the human genome. |
Human Genome Project | An scientific research project determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA |
Immunology | study of our protection from foreign macromolecules or invading organisms. |
Interferon | A naturally occurring substance that interferes with the ability of viruses to reproduce. |
Molecular biology | The study of biology at a molecular level. |
Nucleotide | A nucleotide is the monomer structural unit of nucleotide chains that form the nucleic acids RNA and DNA. |
Proteins | Any of a group of complex organic macromolecules that are composed of one or more chains of amino acids. |
Recombinant DNA | The joining of two pieces of DNA from different sources, |
RNA | One of the two main types of nucleic acid. |
Somatic cell nuclear transfer | therapeutic cloning involves removing the nucleus of an unfertilized egg cell, replacing it with the material from the nucleus of a "somatic cell." |
Stem cells | A class of undifferentiated cells that are able to differentiate into specialized cell types. |
Thalidomide | Introduced as a sedative drug in the late 1950s. |
Transgenic | An organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. |
Xenotransplantation | The transplantation of living cells, tissues or organs from one species to another, such as from pigs to humans. |