Biotechnology

Introduction: A "knockout" animal has had a gene inactivated so that the funciton of the gene is lost. It is possible to inactivate genes in a number of different experimental…

References: "Anatomy of Mouse"  Mice are the mainstay of in vivo immunological experimentation and in many respects they mirror human biology remarkably well. This conservation of function is reflected on the…

Research in biotechnology and immunology requires the use of various animal models. The fact that something can be done in the test tube (in vitro) with a cell line above,…

Biotechnology (sometimes shortened to "biotech") is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology…