Engineering the replication of target DNA through cloning, or changing its genetic code through mutations, are detail-oriented processes whose foibles can spell disaster. Caitlin Smith looks at ...

A technology that uses enzymes to cut and paste together DNA sequences of interest. The recombined DNA sequences can be placed into vectors that carry the DNA into a host cell. In this host cell ...

which is the main delivery vehicle into the cell and contains an antibiotic resistance gene for plasmid selection. This process is referred to as cloning. It uses restriction enzymes to cut the ...

Cloning close cloningA scientific method by which genetically identical copies are made of animals or plants. expensive food crops has been carried out for many years, and causes the public fewer ...

The cloning of human beings ... other infertility treatments to have children or allowing a parent bearing a gene for a debilitating disease such as Huntington's chorea to avoid passing the ...

A lab in the UK is offering pet owners the opportunity to use a dead pet's DNA to create genetically identical clone. | ITV ...