Unit 1 - KA5 Genetic engineering

Question 1

What are two medical products made by genetic engineering?

Answer 1

Insulin and human growth hormones

Question 2

What are advantages of producing medical products by genetic engineering?

Answer 2

The possibility of curing diseases and it is a fast way of getting things.

Question 3

Where are chromosomes located in a cell?

Answer 3

The nucleus

Question 4

How are enzymes used in genetic engineering

Answer 4

To cut out the required gene and cut open the plasmid, a different enzyme is then used to seal the gene into the plasmid.

Question 5

What is genetic engineering?

Answer 5

When genetic information is transferred from one cell to another

Question 6

From start to finish, breakdown the process of genetic engineering.

Answer 6

-Identify section of DNA that contains
required gene from source chromosome
-Extract the required gene from chromosome
-Extract plasmid from bacterial cell
-Insert required gene into plasmid
-Insert plasmid into host
bacterial cell to produce a genetically modified (GM) organism