Biotech Briefs

The Beauty of Mutations - errors in the genetic code and what they might mean
Crossing-over: Genetic Recombination - why no two people look alike
Dogma, DNA, and Enzymes - reviews that DNA makes RNA makes protein, the central dogma of molecular biology
DNA Bends to Bind - using scanning force microscopy to study protein synthesis
How RFLPs Can Help Find a Faulty Gene - the role of restriction enzymes in determining genetic diseases
Into the Looking Glass - hereditary material is bound on chromosomes
Monoclonal Antibody Technology - The Basics - concise description of the immune response and the uses of antibody production in treating disease
Polymerase Chain Reaction - From Simple Ideas - a method for analyzing and characterizing minute amounts of DNA
Polymerase Chain Reaction - Xeroxing DNA - a bacterium from Yellowstone Park provides a molecule that helps scientists produce millions of copies of DNA in a matter of hours
Reading the Messages in Genes - brief review of genetic code to protein synthesis
Recombination Up Close - story of genetic engineering: technology and techniques
The Search for DNA - review of the key events leading to the structure of the DNA molecule
Speaking the Language of Recombinant DNA - an analogy between the function of the DNA molecule and the rules of grammar for a language
The YACs are Here! - yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) enable scientists to borrow the DNA duplication machinery of cells, including human cells