Did you know that the word “Biotechnology” has Greek origin? Bio means life; techno, technique; and logic, knowledge or study.
So, Biotechnology is the technology that utilizes biological systems and living organisms to develop different products or processes.
Types of biotechnology include:
• environmental - detecting and controlling pollution and contamination in the environment, industrial waste, and agricultural chemicals, creating renewable energy and designing biodegradable materials to reduce humanity's ecological footprint
• medical and health - using live organisms or biomolecular processes to develop and improve treatments, identify inherited diseases, cure certain disorders, and even lead to organ regeneration
• industrial - using cloning and enzyme production to preserve and enhance the taste in food and drink, and developing enzymes to remove stains from clothing at lower washing temperatures
• agricultural biotechnology - improving animal feed and genetically modifying crops to increase pest resistance and productivity
• biofuels - using organic compounds to reduce the costs of bio-refining reagents and put biofuels on an equal footing with fossil fuels, and creating chemicals from renewable biomass to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
• marine and aquatic biotechnology - increasing the yields of farmed fish and designing disease-resistant strains of oysters and vaccines against certain viruses that can infect fish.
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