Thursday, January 26, 2012

Application Areas of Biotechnology

MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Technology coupled with Biology has acted as a catalyst in research breakthroughs.
Drugs Design
Most Complex prime Research on diseases can be cured with the help of early warning system by decoding the DNA. Recent diseases such as Cancer, Alzheimer, AIDS or Diabetes are curable only with the use of Biotechnology.
Nanobiotechnology
An advance application of Biotechnology that aims to develop nanodrugs for targeted attack on diseases like Cancer, Alzheimer, etc.
Gene Therapy
Treatment of complex diseases at the molecular level enables its cure with the help of decoding the genomes and DNA patterns.
Stem Cell Research
Stem cell is the hope for humanity to produce what till now only God had the power. It has led to successful cloning of animals and developed the technique for programming of cultured cells.
Source:  http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com 
ENVIROMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology is used for treatment and pollution prevention from waste; using various techniques such as Bioremediation and using enzyme bioreactors. Oil Spills in oceans and waste of water in lakes and rivers is cleaned with the help of this technology.

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Modern molecular biology is applied to improve the efficiency and reduce impacts of industries and breweries on the environment.
Source:  http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com 
AGRICULTURE & DAIRY BIOTECHNOLOGY
Biotechnology has brought green revolution and white revolution to India. BT cotton, BT Crops give better yield per acre with more nutritional value. Biotechnologists have achieved higher dairy productions. Tissue culture has given better plant quality.
Source:  http://biotechspectrum.blogspot.com 
HUMAN GENOME PROJECT
It is an initiative of US Dept of Energy that aims to generate a high quality reference with sequence for the entire human genome and identify all the human genes, by decoding the genome.

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