Read this article to learn about the use of transgenic organisms for the control of various diseases. Several human diseases have a second host in the life cycle of the parasite. Trans-genesis will be useful for disease control by interrupting the life cycle. Attempts are being made in the recent years in this direction, although the success has been limited. [...]
This article provides an overview on transgenic animals. The dependence of man on animals such as cattle, sheep, poultry, pig and fish for various purposes (milk, meat, eggs, wool etc.) is well known. Improvement in the genetic characteristics of livestock and other domestic animals (e.g., high milk yield, weight gain, etc.), in the early days, was carried out by selective [...]
Read this article to learn about the first ever mammal clone-Dolly. Dolly, the first ever mammal clone was developed by Wilmut and Campbell in 1997. It is a sheep (female lamb) with a mother and no father. The technique primarily involves nuclear transfer and the phenomenon of totipotency. The character of a cell to develop to different cells, tissues, organs, [...]