January 8, 2017 Avi Eberstein. In an interview last week on CNBCâs âPower Lunch,â former Piper Jaffray senior tech analyst turned venture capitalist Gene Munster said that virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics collectively are going to be a âbigger deal than the internet and mobile.â.
Importance. Plasmids come in many different sizes and are used for many different purposes in biotechnology. They first made their mark in the field of recombinant DNA in the 1970s, being used as a tool to insert genes into bacteria to encourage their production of therapeutic proteins such as human insulin.ble to self-replicate, plasmids can be picked up from the environment and transferred between bacteria. Plasmids are used by their host organism to cope with stress-related conditions. Many plasmids, for example, carry genes that code for the production of enzymes to inactivate antibiotics or poisons.
1 Virtually all plasmids that are used to deliver DNA contain genes for antibiotic resistance. 2  Once bacteria have been treated with a plasmid, scientists grow them in the presence of antibiotic. 3  Only those cells that contain the plasmid will survive, grow and reproduce.lasmids help bacteria to survive stress. Antibiotic resistance. Plasmids contain just a few genes, but they make a big difference to their host bacterium. The genes are usually not essential for the bacteriumâs day-to-day survival â instead, they help the bacterium to overcome occasional stressful situations.