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We returned to Mrs. Wilken's Molecular Genetics class today to see if last week's pGLO Transformation Lab worked! The students inserted a gene for a fluorescent protein, the same gene found in a bio luminescent jellyfish that allows it to glow, into bacteria. Transformation of cells is a widely used technique and versatile tool in genetic engineering. One example of this is how healthy human genes for producing insulin can be put into bacteria, which then produce insulin for medical use. Other a

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