Historical and technological development of genetic engineering in Croatia
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https://doi.org/10.33604/sl.14.26.4Keywords:
genetic engineering, gene, recombinant DNA technology, vectors, cloning, pharmaceutical industry, biotechnologyAbstract
The paper provides an overview of concepts and knowledge about genetic engineering and its development in Croatia and abroad from the second half of the 20th century to the present day. Genetic engineering is the biological term that has undergone the greatest conceptual deformations, and therefore some important concepts are unambiguously explained in the paper. As data and documentation on this are not widely available to the public, a systematic overview of the development of genetic engineering in Croatia as well as the roles of individuals, their interactions and contributions is also presented. As early as the 1970s, the Croatian pharmaceutical industry and research institutions in Croatia produced a wave of biotechnological and genetic engineering research and product development. Various research groups, mostly gathered around the constituents of the University of Zagreb (especially the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology and the Faculty of Science), the Ruđer Bošković Institute and PLIVA, use recombinant DNA technology for their basic research. In addition to a chronology of events related to genetic engineering, the paper also describes the work and merits of scientists M. Demerec, V. Johanides, M. Alačević, Ž. Trgovčević, Ž. Kućan, S. Jelaska, V. Gamulin, V. Delić, I. Weygand-Đurašević, Z. Zgaga, S. Jelenić, and others in the field of genetic engineering.
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