Question

Name any one application of transgenic animals?

Answer 1

Transgenic animals:

1. These are animals with a modified genome.
2. A foreign gene is usually inserted into genome of a animal to alter its DNA.
3. This method is generally done to improve genetic traits of target animal.

Applications Of the Transgenic Animals:

1. Normal Physiology and Development: These animals facilitate study of gene regulation & their effect on everyday functions of the body.
2. Study of Diseases: Transgenic animals are specially designed to study role of genes in development of certain diseases. Moreover, in order to devise a cure for such kind of diseases, transgenic animals are used as model organisms.
3. Biological Products: A number of biological products like medicines & nutritional supplements are usually obtained from the transgenic animals.
4. Vaccine Safety: Transgenic animals are also used as model organisms for testing safety of vaccines before they are usually injected into humans. This was conventionally done on monkeys.