what is biotechnology?
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Answer / geetanjali
Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially
when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines
biotechnology as:[1]
"Any technological application that uses biological
systems, dead organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or
modify products or processes for specific use."
Biotechnology is often used to refer to genetic engineering
technology of the 21st century, however the term
encompasses a wider range and history of procedures for
modifying biological organisms according to the needs of
humanity, going back to the initial modifications of native
plants into improved food crops through artificial
selection and hybridization. Bioengineering is the science
upon which all biotechnological applications are based.
With the development of new approaches and modern
techniques, traditional biotechnology industries are also
acquiring new horizons enabling them to improve the quality
of their products and increase the productivity of their
systems.
Before 1971, the term, biotechnology, was primarily used
within the agricultural industries. Current uses of the
term generally refer to the technologies associated with
genetic engineering as well as cell- and tissue culture.
A broad definition of biotechnology is "The application of
indigenous and/or scientific knowledge to the management of
(parts of) microorganisms, or of cells and tissues of
higher organisms, so that these supply goods and services
of use to the food industry and its consumers.[2]
In simple words biotechnology is any technological
application which is used to make a change in a cell or in
biological system. Biotechnology draws on the pure
biological sciences (genetics, microbiology,animal cell
culture,molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, cell
biology) and in many instances is also dependent on
knowledge and methods from outside the sphere of biology
(chemical engineering,bioprocess engineering, information
technology, biorobotics). Conversely, modern biological
sciences (including even concepts such as molecular
ecology) are intimately entwined and dependent on the
methods developed through biotechnology and what is
commonly thought of as the life sciences industry
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Answer / deepika bonam
Biotechnology is a subject, which is combined with science &
technology.
Biotechnology consists of biological agents such as
micro organisms and cellular organisms for beneficial use.
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Answer / mary
Biotechnology is the science that can alter the biological
beings to benefit the human race.
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Answer / meena
It is yesterdays science& todays technology.The biological
organisms are used to get desired products.
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Answer / archana
technology which uses biological systems such as micro
organisms or any other bilogical source as substrate to
produce a useful product that is beneficial to
humans,animals,or livestock,plants etc...,
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Answer / hemant patel
Biotechnology in one form or another has flourished since
prehistoric times. When the first human beings realized
that they could plant their own crops and breed their own
animals, they learned to use biotechnology. The discovery
that fruit juices fermented into wine, or that milk could
be converted into cheese or yogurt, or that beer could be
made by fermenting solutions of malt and hops began the
study of biotechnology. When the first bakers found that
they could make a soft, spongy bread rather than a firm,
thin cracker, they were acting as fledgling
biotechnologists. The first animal breeders, realizing that
different physical traits could be either magnified or lost
by mating appropriate pairs of animals, engaged in the
manipulations of biotechnology.
What then is biotechnology? The term brings to mind many
different things. Some think of developing new types of
animals. Others dream of almost unlimited sources of human
therapeutic drugs. Still others envision the possibility of
growing crops that are more nutritious and naturally pest-
resistant to feed a rapidly growing world population. This
question elicits almost as many first-thought responses as
there are people to whom the question can be posed.
In its purest form, the term "biotechnology" refers to the
use of living organisms or their products to modify human
health and the human environment. Prehistoric
biotechnologists did this as they used yeast cells to raise
bread dough and to ferment alcoholic beverages, and
bacterial cells to make cheeses and yogurts and as they
bred their strong, productive animals to make even stronger
and more productive offspring.
Throughout human history, we have learned a great deal
about the different organisms that our ancestors used so
effectively. The marked increase in our understanding of
these organisms and their cell products gains us the
ability to control the many functions of various cells and
organisms. Using the techniques of gene splicing and
recombinant DNA technology, we can now actually combine the
genetic elements of two or more living cells. Functioning
lengths of DNA can be taken from one organism and placed
into the cells of another organism. As a result, for
example, we can cause bacterial cells to produce human
molecules. Cows can produce more milk for the same amount
of feed. And we can synthesize therapeutic molecules that
have never before existed.
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Answer / puja tulsiani
science which deals with all technics based on bio study
and biological alterations.
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Answer / rakesh verma
COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION OF BIOLOGICAL PROCESS OR USING OF
BIOLOGICAL AGENT FOR HUMAN WELFARE.
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Answer / anjaneyulu.d
Use of living organisms in food science and
medicines(vaccines) called Biotechnology.
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Answer / anjni
Biotecnology is the branch of technical science which deals
with the whole biological, chemical and physical world.It
determines the benifits of all the living beings.
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