Genetic Code and Medicine
Knowledge of the genetic code allows us to be used in multiple ways. Some of these are given below:
- Knowledge of the genetic code can help doctors to identify genetic disorders. Diseases such as Sickle cell anaemia, Hungtington’s disease, Cystic Fibrosis can be identified in early stages by scanning different DNA sequences.
- Personalised Medicine is rapidly increasing these days which allows doctors to make medical treatments that are suited to individuals.
- Studying genetic code can also help understand if a particular individual is predisposed to a certain disease like cancer. Timely screening can help in creating better control measures for the disease.
- Gene therapy has been used since some time to treat specific diseases like Beta thallesemia.
Genetic Code and Mutations
Genetic code and mutations are important to understand and explain the central dogma of biology. The set of rules governing how DNA sequences are translated into proteins is the genetic code. The four nucleotide bases adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C), which are organized in particular sequences to produce genes, make up the genetic code.
Mutations are of different types based on what kind of changes occur in the genetic sequence. An amino acid sequence in a protein is determined by the nucleotide sequence in a gene. In this article, we will cover the genetic code and mutations.
Table of Content
- What is Genetic Code?
- What is Mutation?
- Types of Mutations
- How Do Mutation Affect Genetic Code?
- Genetic Code and Medicine
- Conculsion: Genetic Code and Mutations
- FAQs on Genetic Code and Mutations