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- Genetically_modified_bacteria abstract "Genetically modified bacteria were the first organisms to be modified in the laboratory, due to their simple genetics. These organisms are now used for several purposes, and are particularly important in producing large amounts of pure human proteins for use in medicine.The first example of this occurred in 1978 when Herbert Boyer, working at a University of California laboratory, took a version of the human insulin gene and inserted into the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce synthetic \"human\" insulin. Four years later, it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.The drug industry has made use of this discovery in its quest to produce medication for diabetes. Similar bacteria have been used to produce clotting factors to treat haemophilia, and human growth hormone to treat various forms of dwarfism. These recombinant proteins are safer than the products they replaced, since the older products were purified from cadavers and could transmit diseases. Indeed, the human-derived proteins caused many cases of AIDS and hepatitis C in haemophilliacs and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from human growth hormone.For instance, the bacteria which cause tooth decay are called Streptococcus mutans. These bacteria consume leftover sugars in the mouth, producing lactic acid that corrodes tooth enamel and ultimately causes cavities. Scientists have recently modified S. mutans to produce no lactic acid. These transgenic bacteria, if properly colonized in a person's mouth, could reduce the formation of cavities. Transgenic microbes have also been used in recent research to kill or hinder tumors, and to fight Crohn's disease. Genetically modified bacteria are also used in some soils to facilitate crop growth, and can also produce chemicals toxic to crop pests.GM bacteria have also been developed to leach copper from ore, clean up mercury pollution and detect arsenic in drinking water.".
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- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Cadaver.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bacteria.
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- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Coagulation.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Creutzfeldt–Jakob_disease.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Crohns_disease.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Dental_caries.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Diabetes_mellitus.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Dwarfism.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Escherichia_coli.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Food_and_Drug_Administration.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Genetically_modified_maize.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Growth_hormone.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink AIDS.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Haemophilia.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Hepatitis_B_vaccine.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Hepatitis_C.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Herbert_Boyer.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Ice-minus_bacteria.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Insulin.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Interferon.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Lactic_acid.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Protein.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Streptococcus_mutans.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Tissue_plasminogen_activator.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLink Tooth_enamel.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLinkText "Genetically modified bacteria".
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLinkText "genetically modified bacteria".
- Genetically_modified_bacteria wikiPageWikiLinkText "transformed bacteria".
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- Genetically_modified_bacteria subject Category:Bacteria.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria subject Category:Genetically_modified_organisms.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria hypernym Organisms.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria type Eukaryote.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria type Controversy.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria type Organism.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria type Redirect.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria type Organism.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria comment "Genetically modified bacteria were the first organisms to be modified in the laboratory, due to their simple genetics.".
- Genetically_modified_bacteria label "Genetically modified bacteria".
- Genetically_modified_bacteria sameAs Q5532933.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria sameAs m.0b7lc6.
- Genetically_modified_bacteria sameAs Q5532933.
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- Genetically_modified_bacteria isPrimaryTopicOf Genetically_modified_bacteria.