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Transgenics
Transgenic is a term that describes an organism containing genes from another organism put into its genome through recombinant DNA techniques. An example of its usage is the term transgenic organism. A transgenic organism is one that contains a gene or genes which have been artificially inserted instead of the organism acquiring them through reproduction. A transgenic animal, for instance, would be an animal that underwent genetic engineering. It often contains material from at least one unrelated organism, e.g. from a virus, a plant, or from another animal. The process of introducing an exogenous gene is called transgenesis. One of its essential applications is for experimental research processes. Animal models are being created to introduce a particular disease for experimental studies. These models are referred to as transgenic disease models. Experimental mouse model, particularly referred to as transgenic mouse, is a mouse with a piece of foreign lincor DNA integrated into its genome through recombinant DNA techniques.
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DEC 30, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T ...Written By: Annie LennonDEC 29, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
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Understanding how and when and why certain genes are or are not active is a critical aspect of biomedical research.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
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study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle developmentWritten By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
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Another Koch Institute Image Award winner from 2018 is presented in this video from MIT.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In mice lacking genes important to acetylcholine signaling, REM sleep was nearly lost.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2018Videos
Genetically modified crops that use neonic pesticides can now be planted in wildlife refuges.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unk ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Crops that are developed using the CRISPR gene editing tool won't be regulated as long as no foreign DNA is introduced.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
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Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C ...Written By: Sarah HertrichNOV 18, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body SkinWritten By: Courtney Schaal
DEC 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from China and the US have implanted a human gene linked to intelligence in the genomes of macaque monkeys. T
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
DEC 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Genetic errors cause many different kinds of diseases, and gene therapy has aimed to relieve those symptoms by ad
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 24, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Motor proteins ferry cargo to different parts of the cell. Scientists have now learned more about how specific molecules
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Understanding how and when and why certain genes are or are not active is a critical aspect of biomedical research.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Affecting 44 million individuals globally, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a form of dementia characterized by loss of
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 17, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes can carry dangerous diseases like malaria that could lead to serious health consequences or even death, espec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
While we all carry more or less the same genes, tiny differences in the sequences of those genes can have major ramifica
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 30, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
As of 2017, there were 87 countries where malaria was being transmitted by mosquitoes, and it killed around 435,000 peop
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 28, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have been able to extract cannabis compounds not from the c
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
JAN 22, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have taken a close look at what happens on the molecular level when DNA is inserted into the genome of a plan
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 19, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
Known as being a silent killer, diagnosing chronic liver disease in its early stages remains a clinical challenge becaus
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JAN 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
study identified that the endogenous secreted Wnt inhibitor DKK2 suppresses the hair follicle development
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers created a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that has more in common with the human disease than current mod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2018
Videos
Another Koch Institute Image Award winner from 2018 is presented in this video from MIT.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In mice lacking genes important to acetylcholine signaling, REM sleep was nearly lost.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2018
Videos
Genetically modified crops that use neonic pesticides can now be planted in wildlife refuges.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
An emerging field of study, molecular engineering, has many potential applications; where this research will lead is unk
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Crops that are developed using the CRISPR gene editing tool won't be regulated as long as no foreign DNA is introduced.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
We know that regular exercise is good for us, and now researchers have learned more about why vigorous activity can ease
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Children that suffer from epidermolysis bullosa, sometimes called butterfly children because of their fragile skin, face
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Microbiology
A prion is an infectious agent responsible for several neurodegenerative diseases including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (C
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
NOV 18, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Mosquitoes with edited genomes have been created in the lab, with the aim of reducing disease and controlling mosquito p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists in Europe Use Genetically Modified Patient Stem Cells to Graft Whole Body Skin
Written By:
Courtney Schaal