Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Lecture, chapter 14 - Biotechnology

Today we covered some of chapter 14, on the applications of biotechnology.

We talked about how to use transgenic animals, especially mice, in the study and experimental treatment of human genetic diseases. We also covered the basics of genetic screening and genetic testing, focusing on some of the techniques.

The use of DNA microarrays ("gene chips") on genetic testing was featured.

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