The process involves using specialised enzymes called restriction enzymes to cut the source DNA at desired sequences and isolate fragments of interest. DNA ligase, another enzyme, is then used to ...

A Sticky Situation: Recombinant DNA Technology Janet Mertz’s work with simian virus 40 DNA during her graduate years was pivotal for developing DNA recombination as we now know it.

Indeed, without the discovery of restriction enzymes, the fields of recombinant DNA technology, biotechnology, and genomics as we know them today would not exist.

Recombinant DNA technology is also used to create genetically modified organisms (GMOs), particularly in agriculture. By introducing genes conferring desirable traits, such as herbicide resistance or ...

DNA restriction enzymes, with their widespread applications in many diagnostic procedures (e.g., RFLP, PCR, etc), are the very cornerstone of recombinant DNA technology. Unfortunately, their ...

Biotech companies use recombinant DNA to insert genes coding for useful products into bacteria and other organisms, turning them into tiny factories for making things from medicine to industrial ...

Researchers at the USC School of Pharmacy indicate that recombinant DNA technology may allow for oral administration of drugs that previously could only be given by injection.

Within roughly five years, the pair succeeded in combining Cohen’s plasmids and Boyer’s enzymes to create recombinant DNA technology, genetically engineering bacteria that could produce a foreign ...

We now take it for granted that we can use recombinant DNA technology to express a wide range of proteins for use in many research and commercial applications, particularly in the field of human ...

We previously described in a paper published in BIOS an undergraduate lab activity involving the gene cloning, expression, and purification of Thermus aquaticus (Taq) DNA polymerase, an enzyme used in ...