BIOLOGY 417S · also SCISOC 417S
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Tai-ping Sun
Description from DukeHub
Applications of recombinant DNA in medicine and in agriculture. Topics include diagnosis of genetic diseases, gene therapy, drugs for AIDS and cancer, DNA fingerprinting, cloning of mammals, phytoremediation, crop improvement, and pharmaceutical protein production in transgenic plants and animals. Social and environmental impacts of biotechnology. Prerequisite: Biology 201L/201LA or 203L. Recommended prerequisite: Biology 202L and 220.
Skills
- clinicaldescription: "diagnosis" and 1 more
AI-resilient: 3 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "therapy"
- Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "diagnosis"
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 15 seats per section
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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