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Dean, Derek M.; Wilder, Jason A. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
We describe an investigative laboratory module designed to give college undergraduates strong practical and theoretical experience with recombinant DNA methods within 3 weeks. After deducing restriction enzyme maps for two different plasmids, students ligate the plasmids together in the same reaction, transform "E. coli" with this mixture of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Teaching Methods, Investigations, Program Descriptions
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Weinlander, Kenneth M.; Hall, David J. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2010
Personalized medicine refers to medical care that involves genetically screening patients for their likelihood to develop various disorders. Commercial genome screening only involves identifying a consumer's genotype for a few single nucleotide polymorphisms. A phenotype (such as an illness) is greatly influenced by three factors: genes, gene…
Descriptors: Medical Services, Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Biology