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Effects of The Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the use of living organisms and biological processes in engineering, technology, and other fields. It involves using bioproducts from organisms and cells, including through genetic engineering and cell/tissue culture. Modern biotechnology is used widely in industry, medicine, agriculture, waste management, and more to produce foods/medicines, test for diseases, conduct research, and solve problems. It allows researchers to transfer genes between species to alter traits. While biotechnology provides benefits, its risks also need assessment.

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Effects of The Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the use of living organisms and biological processes in engineering, technology, and other fields. It involves using bioproducts from organisms and cells, including through genetic engineering and cell/tissue culture. Modern biotechnology is used widely in industry, medicine, agriculture, waste management, and more to produce foods/medicines, test for diseases, conduct research, and solve problems. It allows researchers to transfer genes between species to alter traits. While biotechnology provides benefits, its risks also need assessment.

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Effects of the BiotechnoIogy

BiotechnoIogy is a fieId of appIiedbioIogy that invoIves the use of Iiving organisms and bioprocesses in
engineering, technoIogy, medicine and other fieIds requiring bioproducts. BiotechnoIogy aIso utiIizes these
products for manufacturing purpose. Modern use of simiIar terms incIudes genetic engineering as weII
as ceII- and tissue cuIture technoIogies.
Biotechnology is used in in industry, medicine and agriculture to produce foods, medicines,
test for diseases and remove waste.
It can also be used to solve problems and conduct research. Over time, biotechnology has formed the
basis of learning about people and diseases. Biotechnology has also underpinned the development of
treatments.
What is new about biotechnology today is that researchers can take a single gene from a plant or
animal cell and insert it into another plant or animal cell of a different species (this is called
transgenic technology).
Modern biotechnology also includes altering the genes within an organism to control the production of
a particular protein. Changing genes in this way can go far beyond the changes that occur naturally
during evolution, or the artificial, but slower, changes brought about by traditional selective breeding.
Other areas of modern biotechnology that do not necessarily involve genetic engineering include the
use of enzymes and bacteria in a wide range of applications, such as:
O waste management
O industrial production
O food production
O remediation of contaminated land.
ene technology is the term given to a range of activities concerned with understanding the expression of genes,
taking advantage of natural genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts.
ene technology sits within the broader area of biotechnology - the use of living things to make or change
products. Humans have been using biotechnology for centuries in activities ranging from plant and animal breeding
through to brewing and baking.
Biotechnology is used extensively in the study of emerging infectious diseases. These
diseases are:
O new and previously unrecognized, such as SARS (severe acute respiratory
syndrome)
O nown diseases that have increased in number and spread over the past two
decades, such as foot-and-mouth disease
O diseases that threaten to increase in occurrence and severity in the near future, such
as influenza.
Infectious diseases pose a threat to humans, because they can pass quicly from person to
person, and affect a large number of people in a very short time.

Antibiotics are produced and secreted naturally by bacteria and fungi. Biotechnology is also
used to produce antibiotics in forms and quantities that allow safe administration to people
suffering from bacterial infections.

Biotechnology is being used to address some environmental issues. Biotechnology has the
potential for many positive impacts on the environment. For example, it can be used to:
O support wor on recovering threatened species
O control or even eradicate introduced predators and pests
O remove wastes and pollution from the environment.
Plants and animals with desirable traits can also be bred using modern
biotechnology and gene technology. The process can be more selective than conventional
breeding, by both finding the genes that control a particular characteristic, and changing
one specific characteristic at a time.


Any technology brings with it risks as well as benefits, and gene technology is no exception. These
risks need to be carefully assessed before a genetically-modified (M) plant, animal or microorganism
is released.

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