Essays on Gene

Abstract: Gene therapy is the introduction of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in which lead to disease development. There are two overarching forms of gene therapy; Germ Line which results in permanent change and elimination of disease inheritance and…

Tobias et al. (2017) looked into the effects pressure has on the DNA deposited. They used polycarbonate boards that were soaked in 25% bleach for 20 minutes and rinsed with deionised water. The board was then UV-irradiated for 5 minutes on each side to remove…

Genome editing is the modification of a specific DNA sequence, within a cell or organism. It has been around since 1970 but only in the recent years have scientists discovered technologies which allow them to precisely cut and edit DNA. Clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats…

What is DNA? DNA, properly named Deoxyribonucleic acid, is within all humans. DNA is a three-part system. The first part is deoxyribose sugar, which is where we get the beginning, deoxyribo. The second part is nucleic. The nucleic is the location of the DNA. Lastly,…