基因工程与蛋白质工程是两项不同的技术,蛋白质工程是在基因工程的基础上发展起来的,在技术方面有许多同基因工程相似的地方。
基因工程和蛋白质工程 Gene engineering and protein engineering
不过,专家们说,很难从病毒中分离出这部分蛋白质用于疫苗,或利用基因工程生产出这种蛋白质。
But experts say it will be very difficult to isolate this part of the protein from the virus to use in a vaccine, or to manufacture it using genetic engineering.
比起一般的老鼠,通过基因工程改造而缺少这种蛋白质的老鼠体重增加的更少,而且更不容易获得如糖尿病之类的代谢疾病。
Mice genetically engineered to lack these proteins gain less weight and are less susceptible to metabolic diseases such as diabetes than are regular mice.
一些研究人员表示他们可以利用克隆和基因工程技术培育能生产具有治疗作用的蛋白质的牛和羊。
Others have shown they can combine cloning and genetic engineering to produce cows and sheep that produce therapeutic proteins.
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