Introduction to Biotechnology

DONE BY: SINDHU PRIYA.S

I-ECE ‘B’

WHAT IS BIOTECHNOLOGY

Using scientific methods with organisms to produce new products or new forms of organisms

BiotechnologyBiotechnology helps to meet

our basic needs.Food, clothing, shelter, health

and safetyImprovements by using

science

Agricultural ViewMilk productionNew horticultural and

ornamental plantsWildlife, aquaculture, natural

resources and environmental management

Organismic BiotechStudy and use natural

genetic variationsCloning is an example of

organismic biotech

Molecular Biotech

Molecular Biotechnology is about the application of biological science at the molecular level.

Biotech examples Medicine Agriculture Environment Forestry Food and beverage

processing

Medicine Some new developments

delve into the hereditary material of humans known as gene therapy

Environmental biotechnology is biotechnology that is applied to and used to study the natural environment

Environmental biotechnology can simply be described as "the optimal use of nature, in the form of plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and algae, to produce renewable energy, food and nutrients

Ag and Forestry Plant biotech Animal biotech

Plant biotech Improve plants and the

products produced from them Insect and disease resistance Engineered to have desired

characteristics

Animal Biotech Improve animals or the

products they produce Animals may be used to

produce products that promote human health

Food and Beverages Use of technology in

producing and processing Some biotech principles

have been employed for hundreds of years

Yeast in baking bread

Biotechnology Helps meet human needs Used to make products

more useful or desirable Ex: conversion of milk into

cheese or yogurt

Efficiency Must keep the cost of

improving products as low as possible

Biotech results in greater efficiency

Health Promoting Foods Food with unique traits Some contain

therapeutants Some designed with

nutrient enrichment

Safety Consumers want foods to

provide needed nutrients and in some cases, enhanced foods

Do not want side effects from those enhanced foods

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