{"id":1037,"date":"2012-12-03T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2012-12-03T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T18:02:07","slug":"recombinant-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oracletutoring.ca\/blog\/recombinant-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Recombinant DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tutoring Biology 12, you sometimes talk about\u00a0recombinant DNA.\u00a0 We’ll briefly look at what it is and why it’s used.<\/h1>\n

Recombinant\u00a0\u00a0DNA (rDNA) contains DNA from more than one organism.\u00a0 The industrial uses I know of involve inserting\u00a0specific genes\u00a0from one species into the\u00a0DNA of a host.<\/p>\n

One\u00a0application of rDNA is the production of human insulin.\u00a0 In past times, insulin from cows or pigs was used for treating diabetes.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, some people had reactions to it; though similar to human insulin, it wasn’t identical.\u00a0 Now, human insulin can be given.\u00a0 The human insulin is not produced by humans, though.\u00a0 Instead, it’s produced by E. coli bacteria\u00a0whose DNA is recombinant, containing the human gene for insulin production.\u00a0 Since the E.\u00a0coli bacteria\u00a0contain the human insulin gene, they produce human insulin.<\/p>\n

Genetic modification is, potentially, a controversial topic.\u00a0 However, it certainly has some practical uses.<\/p>\n

Jack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane<\/a>, Campbell River, BC.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

Biology 12, Module 2:\u00a0 Cell Biology 2.\u00a0 <\/em>2007:\u00a0 Open School BC.<\/p>\n

Inquiry into Life, Eleventh Edition, <\/em>Sylvia S. Mader.\u00a0 2006:\u00a0 McGraw-Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tutoring Biology 12, you sometimes talk about\u00a0recombinant DNA.\u00a0 We’ll briefly look at what it is and why it’s used. Recombinant\u00a0\u00a0DNA (rDNA) contains DNA from more than one organism.\u00a0 The industrial uses I know of involve inserting\u00a0specific genes\u00a0from one species into …<\/p>\n

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