CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.2.3 Gene Therapy
Gene Therapy Gene therapy involves using various mechanisms to?alter a person's genetic material?to treat, or cure, diseases As scientists gain a better understanding of the human genome and theref...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.2.2 Genetic Screening
Genetic Screening In certain circumstances (eg. in the pregnancy in an older woman, or pregnancy where there is a family history of a genetic disease) may require individuals to determine if they h...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.2.1 Recombinant Human Proteins
Recombinant Human Proteins DNA that has been altered by introducing nucleotides from another source is called?recombinant DNA?(rDNA) If the organism contains nucleotides from a different species it...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.11 Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics The various technologies (eg. microarrays and gene sequencing) being used today to analyse genes and proteins generate enormous quantities of data The data being collected ranges fro...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.10 Microarrays
Microarrays Microarrays are laboratory tools?used to detect the expression?of thousands of genes at the same time and to?identify the genes present?in an organism’s genome Microarrays are used in m...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.9 Gel Electrophoresis
Gel Electrophoresis Gel electrophoresis is a technique used widely in the analysis of DNA, RNA and proteins. During electrophoresis the?molecules?are?separated?according to their?size / mass?and th...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.8 Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Polymerase chain reaction?(PCR) is a common molecular biology technique used in most applications of gene technology, for example, DNA profiling (eg. identification ...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.7 Gene Editing
Gene Editing Gene?genome?editing?(or editing) allows genetic engineers to alter the DNA of organisms by?inserting,?deleting?or?replacing?DNA?at specific sites in the genome known to cause disease. ...
CIE A Level Biology復習筆記19.1.6 Genetic Engineering: Promoters & Marker Genes
Genetic Engineering: Promoter The?promoter?(an example of a length of non-coding DNA that has a specific function) is the?region of DNA that determines which gene will be expressed. This is because...
