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The Bates Foundation has awarded the SHA Biotechnology Program a $20,000 grant to
engage in an ecological/disease-oriented study using Limulus polyphemus,
the horseshoe crab and an organism of medicinal importance.
Limulus in LIS is an endangered species. The students are
studying the genetic variations in LIS and relating the SNPs to those
causing breast cancer in humans.
The Biotechnology
Research Project class is studying the mitochondrial
cytochrome oxidase gene known for its genetic variations
and implicated in
many human diseases. They design primers to amplify the gene by PCR and sequence the gene. They disseminate their work via
poster presentations to the scientific community
when it is completed.
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The SHA Human Gene
Discovery Laboratory classes studies the effects of gene
polymorphisms. They collect data on a genetic disease in a family, construct a
pedigree, and perform PCR, Restriction Enzyme Digests, and DNA
Sequencing in the laboratory. Samples of their work are
displayed in the lab.
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Genetic Ethical Issues
focuses on Eugenics and Human Subject Research, Genetic Testing, Gene Therapies,
stem Cell Research, Cloning, and Immunization. This interdisciplinary
course, concentrates on controversial issues surrounding DNA and
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