Genetics as it applies to evolution, molecular biology, and
medical aspects. 3 posts • Page 1 of 1 Hi I was just wondering
what some common methods of promoting or suppressing genes are.
I'm just going to list off some of my own ideas and would
appreciate it if anyone could tell me if I was wrong/right,
provide other techniques, or just provide more information on
the subjects. Keep in mind I'm talking about live human genes so
techniques that would only work on a single cell (like micro
injections) or gamete cells aren't what I'm interested in.
Basically the following examples assume that a retrovirus is
going to be used to inject viral RNA into a cell. I'm not really
too familiar with other methods that work on muticelluar
eukaryotes (if you happen to know any I'd love to hear them).
Though the problem with viral vectors is that sooner or later
the immune system is going to gang up on them so they'd only be
effective for a little bit (which might be fine depending on
what it is your doing). Ideas for promot