Medical Engineering - Paper
* Medical engineering * Medical Engineering encompasses a broad range of activities, and is altrnatively called Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. It is a multi-disciplinary subject integrating professional engineering activities with a basic medical knowledge of the human body and an understanding of how it functions when healthy, diseased or injured.
* Medical Engineers are needed for the healthcare industry, the world's biggest industrial sector, which has a turnover approaching £100 billion per annum and is currently expanding at a rate of 7% per annum. The opportunities for Medical Engineering graduates are enormous and it is one of the few areas of engineering that is expected to continue to grow for many years.
* Genetic engineering * Recombinant DNA is one of the core techniques of genetic engineering. It is the process of removing DNA from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism, giving it new traits. Recombinant DNA can be used to make crops resistant to pests or disease, it can be used to make livestock leaner or larger. In medicine, the technique can be used to develop drugs, vaccines, and to reproduce important human hormones and proteins. By engineering human DNA into a host organism, that organism can be turned into a factory for important medical products. Insulin production is an excellent example of the recombinant DNA process. Host organisms can range from bacteria like E. coli, to plants, to animals. * Genetic engineering can be used to produce chemicals and hormones that the body requires. For an example we'll use insulin for a diabetic person. First remove a certain gene from a human cell using a restriction enzyme, in this instance we'll "cut" out the gene for producing insulin. Second extract a plasmid from a bacterial cell and again "cut" it with the restriction enzyme. Insert the gene into the plasmid by attaching both of the "sticky ends" of the
* Medical Engineers are needed for the healthcare industry, the world's biggest industrial sector, which has a turnover approaching £100 billion per annum and is currently expanding at a rate of 7% per annum. The opportunities for Medical Engineering graduates are enormous and it is one of the few areas of engineering that is expected to continue to grow for many years.
* Genetic engineering * Recombinant DNA is one of the core techniques of genetic engineering. It is the process of removing DNA from one organism and inserting it into the DNA of another organism, giving it new traits. Recombinant DNA can be used to make crops resistant to pests or disease, it can be used to make livestock leaner or larger. In medicine, the technique can be used to develop drugs, vaccines, and to reproduce important human hormones and proteins. By engineering human DNA into a host organism, that organism can be turned into a factory for important medical products. Insulin production is an excellent example of the recombinant DNA process. Host organisms can range from bacteria like E. coli, to plants, to animals. * Genetic engineering can be used to produce chemicals and hormones that the body requires. For an example we'll use insulin for a diabetic person. First remove a certain gene from a human cell using a restriction enzyme, in this instance we'll "cut" out the gene for producing insulin. Second extract a plasmid from a bacterial cell and again "cut" it with the restriction enzyme. Insert the gene into the plasmid by attaching both of the "sticky ends" of the