Introduction Flashcards

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Biotechnology

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Use of living organisms or the products of living organisms for human or animal benefit

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Medical Biotechnology

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Use of living cells and cell materials to produce pharmaceutical and diagnostic products that help diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease

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Biosensor

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Ananlytical Device - converts biological response into a signal (commonly generated by an enzyme)

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4
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Biocatalyst

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Converts substrate to product (highly specific)

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5
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Transducer

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converts to electrical signal, which is amplified, processed and displayed

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ELISA

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colour signal, western blot

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Features of biosensor

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Reaction independent of stirring, pH, temp
Response should be accurate, precise, reproducible and linear
Tiny and bio-compatible if
Cheap, small, easy to use and a market for

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Animal Biotechnology

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used as bioreactors to produce range of therapeutic proteins

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9
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Female transgenic

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Express proteins in milk - goats - silk MaSpI or MaSpII - Nexia biotech

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10
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Biosteel

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compatible with human body - artificial limb, tendons and ligaments

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Stem Cell ued for/to (3)

3 examples for disease

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Identify drug targets
Study Cell differentiation
Transplantation: bone marrow - leukaemia
nerve cells - parkinsons and alzhiemers
heart muscle cells - heart disease
pancreatic islet cells for diabetes
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