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Watch Atoms Alive online: Episode 6 Recombinant DNA

Turns to human experimentation with DNA - moving genes around, recombinant DNA. · The ways and outcomes of transferring genes from one organism to another. · We begin with an explanation of restriction enzymes, the chemistry that makes recombinant DNA possible. · The gene gun is a crude way of tranferring DNA. · Bacterial plasmid vectors are more sophisticated.They have resulted in biological products made like the production of human insulin via bacterial culture. · Gene therapy and cancer. · Applications in agriculture.

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