Vocabulary+and+Search+Terms

PDG - pre-implantation genetic diagnosis  ;   using in virto-fertilization and screening prior to the implantation of embryos that shows the sex of each; the desired sex embryos are the only ones implanted

Genomes - the full set of chromosomes, all inherited from an organism

Genomics - the study of genomes

Germ line - the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells

Doping - a method of adding a dopant (supplement) to molecules in the body to enhance performance, especially used by athletes

Genetic engineering - the development and application of scientific methods, procedures, and technologies that permit direct manipulation of genetic material in order to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population

Transgentic - having genes that come from two species

Clinical trial - concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory

Genetically engineered virus - a virus that is dormant or dead but has the engineered genes attached to it so that the genes get directly to the DNA

Eugenics - the study and use of selective breeding to improve humans or animals; originally proposed in 1883 by Sir Francis Galton

Human Genome Project -an international scientific research project with a primary goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA, and of identifying and mapping the approximately 20,000–25,000 genes of the human genome from both a physical and functional standpoint; began in 1989 and was initially headed by Ari Patrinos, head of the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in the U.S. Department of Energy 's Office of Science