BIOTECHNOLOGY

STEM CELL RESEARCH

• A cell that can divide for indefinite periods
• and can give rise to special cells. There
• purpose is like an internal repair system.
• They are capable of renewing through
• Cell division.

STEM CELL RESEARCH

• They provide life saving treatments
• Example: Leukemia

CLONING

• Cloning is the process of making
• Similar populations genetically
• Identical. The purpose is to make
• More than one.

CLONING

• It is being used today to modify
• Plants and animals.
• Example: animals

RECOMBINANT DNA

• It is DNA that has been
• Formed artificially. The
• Purpose is to study genetics.
• It's being used by helping
• Correct genetic defects.

RECOMBINANT DNA

• Example: using insulin.