A level Biology OCR Manipulating genomes -Bioinformatics and Genomics

This full lesson Booklet is the perfect resource to inform and educate students in the most latest developments of Biology in the 21st century.
The Booklet begins introducing what the advancements in DNA sequencing have done and how they have produced a large amount of processed data and information and that this has resulted in the development of a brand new are n Biology called Bioinformatics.
The booklet then explains as a result of all the information gathered comparison studies have been used to look at the firstly the genome size of different organisms and the number of functional genes they possess.
The booklet then demonstrates an inter species comparison study looking at Beta haemoglobin and how a single mutation can lead to disease such as sickle cell anaemia and how Bioinformatics can compare all the different species data and find similarities are closely related to each other.
The resource then touches on more complex disease such as cancer and the BRCA gene.
The Booklet then explains how pharmaceutical companies are using Bioinformatics to focus on SNPs and using them to make new drugs.
This then follows on into the NHS current project the 100,000 genome project and how Bioinformatics will be used.
The booklet finishes on two exciting future developments using Bioinformatics synthetic Biology and Proteomics.