Post by Rae on May 3, 2009 20:53:15 GMT
Luuke says:
it really wouldnt work would it
being injected with animal DNA
&&Fleabagg says:
no you'd need gene therapy
you'd have to take a blood sample (or better, a tissue sample) from the host body, ie the experiment
and a second sample from the animal you wish to combine the dna with
you'd need to stick them both in separate centrifuges, give them a good old spin to separate the DNA from the rest of the cell
stick them in separate tubes...
bung some DNA endoneuclease in with the animal DNA, chop it right up
using info from the genome project locate the area of the human gene you want to add the animal trait and add specific location enzymes to cut the chromosome in the right place.
Luuke says:
&&Fleabagg says:
then you chuck the animal dna in with the human dna, squirt a bit of DNA ligase enzyme in there, spin it about in a centrifuge again, jab it into some bacteria and let it multiply for a while
centrifuge the bacteria, nick all the grown DNA, combine it with saline and jab it into the host, bada-bing bada-boom, after about.... 2 years they'd have the trait
Luuke says:
crikey
so technically
it is possible
&&Fleabagg says:
yep.
it really wouldnt work would it
being injected with animal DNA
&&Fleabagg says:
no you'd need gene therapy
you'd have to take a blood sample (or better, a tissue sample) from the host body, ie the experiment
and a second sample from the animal you wish to combine the dna with
you'd need to stick them both in separate centrifuges, give them a good old spin to separate the DNA from the rest of the cell
stick them in separate tubes...
bung some DNA endoneuclease in with the animal DNA, chop it right up
using info from the genome project locate the area of the human gene you want to add the animal trait and add specific location enzymes to cut the chromosome in the right place.
Luuke says:
&&Fleabagg says:
then you chuck the animal dna in with the human dna, squirt a bit of DNA ligase enzyme in there, spin it about in a centrifuge again, jab it into some bacteria and let it multiply for a while
centrifuge the bacteria, nick all the grown DNA, combine it with saline and jab it into the host, bada-bing bada-boom, after about.... 2 years they'd have the trait
Luuke says:
crikey
so technically
it is possible
&&Fleabagg says:
yep.
