Difference between revisions of "Transgenic Animals - Anatomy & Physiology"
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** Cheap treatment for [[Coagulation Factor Deficiency|bleeding disorders]] with little risk of disease transfer. | ** Cheap treatment for [[Coagulation Factor Deficiency|bleeding disorders]] with little risk of disease transfer. | ||
* Area of much future development. | * Area of much future development. | ||
| − | * Injection of specific gene constructs into the newly fertilized [[ | + | * Injection of specific gene constructs into the newly fertilized [[Oogenesis - Anatomy & Physiology|oocyte]], so that they become part of the dividing cell. Thus they are encorporated and expressed in the individual. |
* Constructs may be from the same or different species as the [[Oogenesis - Anatomy & Physiology|oocyte]]. | * Constructs may be from the same or different species as the [[Oogenesis - Anatomy & Physiology|oocyte]]. | ||
[[Category:Reproductive System]] | [[Category:Reproductive System]] | ||
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- Many mouse transgenics have been created to serve as models for human genetic diseases.
- Less successful in other species, but goats have been created that secrete human factor VIII in their milk.
- Cheap treatment for bleeding disorders with little risk of disease transfer.
- Area of much future development.
- Injection of specific gene constructs into the newly fertilized oocyte, so that they become part of the dividing cell. Thus they are encorporated and expressed in the individual.
- Constructs may be from the same or different species as the oocyte.