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LAB 3 WRITE-UPOriginal System: PCR ResultsPCR Test Results
* Ave. INTDEN = Average of ImageJ integrated density values from three Fluorimeter images
Bayes Theorem equation: P(A|B) = P(B|A) * P(A) / P(B)
Calculation 3: The probability that the patient will develop cancer, given a cancer DNA sequence.
New System: Design StrategyWe concluded that a good system Must Have:
New System: Machine/ Device EngineeringSYSTEM DESIGN
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New System: Research and DevelopmentBACKGROUND Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a scientific method that utilizes DNA Polymerase to create a complimentary base strand from a template strand of DNA. Triphosphate nucleotides align with open DNA strands and DNA polymerase works to link the complementary nucleotide bases together growing strands through both condensation and hydroysis reactions. Through these mechanisms it is possible to target specific positions on the template DNA sequence that a scientist intends to amplify(PCR 1). When the PCR process is completed the targeted DNA sequence containing the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) will have manufactured over a billion copies (amplicons). A SNP essentially is a type of gentic variation among organisms which represents a difference in a single nucleotide. For example, a SNP may replace a nucleotide cytosine (C) with a nucleotide thymine (T) in a certain part of an organisms DNA. These SNPs can be utilized as biological markers which in turn can help locate genes that have associative properties that contribute to the formation of harmful diseases. The targeted SNP for this research was rs17879961. This SNP is found in Humans (Homo sapiens) and represents a variation class SNV, which stands for single nucleotide variation. Furthermore, This SNP is a variant of the CHEK2 gene (Checkpoint kinase 2) which if present in a person's genome may increase their risk of developing breast cancer. This SNV signifies a single base change from a Thymine (T) to a Cytosine (C) located on chromosome 22 and its clinical significance is classified as a pathogenic allele. For example, this mutation would alter the normal alelle ATT and the middle position resulting the cancer associated allele ACT.
Primers for PCR Cancer allele forward primer: -> TTGAGAATG[TCA]CGTATGTAT Disease alleles will yield PCR products because the target amplicon is only associated with the cancer DNA sequences. Thus primer annealing will following base pairing rulese when it binds with the template strand. For example, triphosphate nucleotides align with open DNA strands and DNA polymerase works to link the complementary nucleotide bases together growing strands through both condensation and hydroysis reactions. The presence of a primer is required so that polymerase can proceed with directing the new nucleotides in place. Through these mechanisms it is possible to target specific positions on the template DNA sequence that a scientist intends to amplify. When the PCR process is completed the targeted DNA sequence containing the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) will have manufactured over a billion copies (amplicons). Sources:
Our primers address the following design needs
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