What is transfection?
Transfection is a process of introducing certain nucleic acids into the eukaryotic cell by other than the virus. Nucleic acids commonly used in transfection include DNA, RNA and proteins. Eukaryotic cells, as well as cells found in human beings, contain core and other complex structures inside the membrane, unlike prokaryotic cells that are not. While the virus has the potential to transmit these foreign items using the cell membrane and into the cell, transfection uses to transmit a method other than the virus. This method is a key technique used by scientists in genetic research to determine how to add a certain DNA or other foreign material affects the cell.
There are two main types of transfection: temporary transfection and stable transfection. During the transfection, the DNA is brought to the cell, but the cell eliminates it before division into a new cell. Thus, the new DNA material is not transferred to the new cell is not affected.
In stable transfections, the new DNA becomes part of the original DNA of the cell either by adding to it or by replacing a piece of old bottom. When the cell creates new copies themselves, new DNA is handed over. It enters the core and binding with the old DNA and creates a new DNA string. This is a rare occurrence because the cell usually eliminates the new material sometimes after the entrance, but before the cell forms new cells. Yet scientists are constantly looking for new ways to perform this process in experiments to study how new DNA affects cell copies.
similar processes known to transformation and transduction relate to transfection by DNA or other matter to the cell. When the virus transmits new DNA to the cell, it is called transduction. Transformation does not include the virus, but instead transmission is into types of plant cells, bacteria and eukaryotic cells found outside the cells of humans and animals. They all deal with the same process, but the conditions differ according to the carrier-and it is a virus or virus-a tYP cells receiving new DNA.
Research of the gene, experimenting and therapy rely on these processes to study the effects of DNA, RNA and various proteins on human cells. In the future, this process could help cure disease, fix genetic mutations and generally help to improve the human body. Scientists continue to make big jumps forward in finding healthier people who live longer lives.