BIOTECHNOLOGY

STEM CELL RESEARCH

• cells capable of renewing themselves through cell division
• induced to become tissue- or organ-specific cells with special functions
• Immature cell that is probable to become different types of cells

PURPOSE OF STEM CELLS

• When you use stem cells they can turn into what you need
• Being young you can teach it what you need
• Helps get medicine

STEM CELLS BEING USED

• Iife saving treatments for people with leukemia
• Examples are: bone marrow stem cell,
• -peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs)
• -Umbilical cord blood stem cell transplant

CLONING

• Organisms with the exact genetic copies
• They can happen naturally
• By cloning stem cells are not delivered from a potential human
• But rather a human the already exists and won't be harmed
• With cloning we can get stem cells without harming a human

EXAMPLES OF CLONING

• Identical twins, animals

RECOMBINANT DNA

• Form of artificial DNA
• Combining two or more sequences that normally don't occur
• Doesn't occur through natural processes, but it is engineered.

PURPOSE OF RECOMBINANT DNA

• To produce protein or insulin
• Put two organisms that normally wouldn't join for cloning purposes
• It is being used to produce over 100 products for human therapy

EXAMPLES OF RECOMBINANT DNA

• DNA fingerprinting
• Genetic disease
• Gene therapy