What is Biotechnology?

While technology generally aims to create tools to empower man, biotechnology aims to change man himself, to better fit him to the world.

Biotechnology is the use of biological processes, organisms or systems to manufacture products in order to improve the quality of human life.

Simply put, biotechnology is the application of advances made in the biological sciences, especially involving the science of genetics and its application. Biotechnology has helped improve food quality, quantity and processing. It also has applications in manufacturing, where simple cells and proteins can be manipulated to produce chemicals.

Biotechnology Applications

Biotechnology helps a person to learn the modern applications in various fields. It has various applications that can be used in:

Products: Biotechnology scientists have knowledge about modified microbes that can be used to develop improvised detergents and cleaning products.

Plants: Biotechnologists can help the plants and crops to fight against pests which in turn can increase their nutritional value and production.

Animals: They also work on maintaining animal breeding and prevention of pet and animal disease.

Humans: Through advancements in biotechnological research, it would be possible to detect what kind of genetic factors contribute to the wellness or illness in a human being. Create new medicines to treat cancer, diabetes and other diseases. Create new technology to help treat heart problems, cancer, strokes and other diseases and medical conditions. Forensic Science applications.

WHY should you study Biotechnology?

The early 21st century will be the age of biotechnology.

  • The U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects Careers in Biotechnology to grow faster than average compared to the overall workforce from 2006 to 2016
  • The median starting salary for careers in biotechnology is $50,000 according to the Virginia Department of Labor
  • Biomedical engineers had an average salary of about $79,600 in 2007, according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those working in research and development had average salaries of about $93,000.

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