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…

Disease Modeling: GD Genesis (preclinical models of human disease) Alta Sciences (preclinical research services) Humanized mice: Genoway (reconsititued human mouse) AbTherx (transgenic mice for antibody discovery) Research in biotechnology and…

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…