Essays Tagged: "Germline"
How does the body achieve the functional silencing of antigen reactive clones?
B cells of the immune system express a vast repertoire of antigen receptors. It is thought that the germline TCR repertoire is composed of in the region of at least 109 different specificities. Consid ... introduced light and heavy chain genes encoding an antibody for H-2k MHC class I molecules into the germline of H-2d mice.antibody not self reactive in the resulting animals and 50% of peripheral B ce ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Pros and cons of improving humans by genetic engineering.
c engineering. Three of which are the hottest topics right now. They include somatic engineering, germline engineering, and cloning (What is germline DNA?, 2003). Genetic engineering is basically a ... cloning (What is germline DNA?, 2003). Genetic engineering is basically altering the gene (What is germline DNA?, 2003). Somatic engineering can result in a change of eye color, intelligence, etc. ( ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology
Germline Engineering: The Ultimate Gene Therapy
Germline Engineering: The Ultimate Gene Therapy � PAGE �4� Germline Engineering ... #65533; Germline Engineering:The Ultimate Gene TherapyRebecca GuanVictoria Park Collegiate InstituteGermline gene therapy has tapped into the very core of what it means to be human with the ability to ... ing genetic modifications to the fertilized egg, changes are applied to all subsequent cells making germline engineering, according to Campbell (2003), the ultimate form of gene therapy. Unsurprisingl ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology