Genetic Engineering
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Sarthak SharmaGenetic Engineering
What is Genetic Engineering?
Genetic engineering involves the deliberate modification of an organism's DNA using various
techniques to achieve desired characteristics, such as improved traits, increased resistance to
diseases, or the production of valuable substances.
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Acceptance and Rejection Genetically Modified Crops
Medicine
innovating Genetic Solutions for a Healthier Tomorrow
Tumor
Insulin Hemoglobin
Protein p53
Insulin is a hormone that regulates Tumor protein p53 is a crucial protein Hemoglobin is a protein responsible
blood sugar levels and is essential for involved in regulating cell division and for carrying oxygen in red blood cells.
glucose uptake by cells. preventing tumor formation. Genetic engineering is being explored
Genetic engineering techniques allow Mutations in the p53 gene are to address genetic blood disorders like
for the production of insulin in large commonly found in various types of sickle cell anemia and thalassemia.
quantities. cancer. Techniques like CRISPR-Cas9 can be
Recombinant DNA technology is used used to modify the defective
Genetic engineering techniques can be
to insert the human insulin gene into hemoglobin gene.
used to modify or repair the p53 gene.
The aim is to correct the mutation or
bacteria, yeast, or mammalian cells. Gene therapy's aim is to introduce
introduce modified versions of the
Recombinant insulin is identical to functional copies of the p53 gene to
gene to produce functional
human insulin and is widely used for trigger cell death or inhibit tumor hemoglobin.
diabetes treatment. growth.
Cloning
CC the Cat Dolly the Sheep Snuppy the
Afghan Hound
CC, also known as Copycat, Dolly the Sheep was the first
Snuppy, short for Seoul
became the world's first cloned mammal to be cloned from an adult
National University puppy,
pet in 2001. She was cloned by somatic cell, and her birth in 1996
was the world's first cloned
scientists at Texas A&M marked a significant milestone in
dog. He was born in 2005 in
University using the same SCNT cloning technology. She was created
South Korea through SCNT.
technique employed to clone by a team of scientists led by Ian
Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in
Scientists at Seoul National
Dolly the Sheep. CC was cloned
Scotland. Dolly was cloned using a University used skin cells from
from a calico cat named
an Afghan Hound and
Rainbow, and although she had a technique called somatic cell nuclear transferred the nucleus into
transfer (SCNT), where the nucleus
different appearance than her an enucleated egg cell to
of an adult sheep's udder cell was
genetic donor due to variations create Snuppy. The successful
inserted into an enucleated egg cell.
in coat color development, she cloning of Snuppy opened
Dolly lived for six and a half years
was genetically identical to doors for further research
and proved that adult cells could be
Rainbow. into dog genetics and
reprogrammed to create an entire
organism. reproduction.
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