3. Description 3.1 Introduction to Biotechnology Biotechnology is defined as a set of tools that uses living organisms (or parts of organisms) to make or modify a product, improve plants, trees or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific uses. Traditionally improvement in plants and animals were done through breeding or hybridization methods which were time consuming, laborious and may combine desirable traits with undesirable ones. In 1970s with the development in the field of molecular
What is biotechnology? Biotechnology focuses on cell and tissue culture. The cultivation of food plants producing i.e. wine, antibiotics and more. It is clear to say that are new and different products created through biotechnology. Example 1 - Wine Advantages Small amount of chemicals are used and these chemicals don’t affect buyers. (plume, 2015) Vineyards are using organic material that don’t affect the land (plume, 2015) Wine bottles are priced at affordable prices (plume, 2015) Different
individual genes. Broadly, the processes come under the category of Biotechnology. In the broad sense, the term "biotechnology" refers to the use of living organisms for the production of various forms of energy as well as treating diseases. Nevertheless, for a long time, biotechnology was understood, above all, precisely by microbiological processes. This is understandable. All of the above-mentioned traditional biotechnologies are associated with industrial production. Moreover, in the second half
are very diverse. Some are tiny, single-celled organisms with flagella. Others are large, multicellular organisms like seaweed. Like plants, algae have chloroplasts, which contain the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll. Another group in this category is called the euglenoids. These single-celled protists have both plant-like and animal-like characteristics. Like plants, they contain chloroplasts and photosynthetic pigment. However, they do not have cell walls. Like some of the protozoa, euglenoids
Benefits and Risks of Biotechnology Biotechnology is technology applied in biology to improve lives and health in society. It is technology that harnesses cellular processes . These cellular processes can be applied in healthcare, agriculture, and industry to improve their effectiveness and efficiency . Biotechnology has a very heavy influence on life today . Healthcare Biotechnology is already benefitting over 350 million patients globally and treats heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer, leukemia
Through genetic engineering, organisms can be given targeted combinations of new genes—and therefore new combinations of traits—that do not occur in nature and, indeed, cannot be developed by natural means. Such an approach is different from classical plant and animal breeding, which operates through
Agriculture. Agriculture plays important roles for human being. This is because, agriculture can contribute in percentages of increasing cases of poverty and hunger problem that been faced by some of the country in the world. Therefore, through biotechnology the production of crops can be increases by modifying the DNA to create a better crops that have higher resistant towards climate and diseases. Besides, it also can shorten the growth period of the crops thus reduced the time needed for the crops
regulators and livestock feed additives. Organic agriculture is a systems approach to production that is working towards environmentally, socially and economically sustainable production. Instead, the agricultural systems rely on crop rotation, animal and plant manures, some hand weeding and biological pest control’. In contrast, GMO’s are defined, according to the World Health Organization (2014),
for their livelihood. Apart from its industrial use, the plant has been a part of folklore medicine where stem bark and fruits are reported to be used in the treatment of various ailments such as skin diseases, snake bite, stomach pains, haemorrhage in humans and ephemeral fever in live stocks and caries [6-8]. Moreover, fruits are also used for making perfumes [9]. The whopping human and livestock populations have put heavy demands for plant products, resulting in over exploitation of forest trees
2.1. Introduction: Biotechnology is a commercial technology which can be defined in several ways. The most relevant definition is the application of scientific and engineering principle to the processing of material by biological agents to provide goods and services useful to human and human welfare. It is defined as a science which involves cell biology, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, Genetic Engineering, Tissue culture, Bioprocess, Bio-informatics, Nanotechnology etc. Any technique