Biotechnology

Biotechnology plays a vital role in today’s society. According to Webster, biotechnology is the manipulation of living organisms or their components to produce useful, usually commercial products. Biotechnologies can vary in applications and complexity, but they all have the ability to change our society and help us prepare for and meet some of the world’s most pressing challenges today. In the history of uses of biotechnology, it has been known to help provide a more reliable food source,…

components that are present around us. Biotic components include the microbes, plants and animals and abiotics are soil, water and air [1]. Biotechnology is the integration of technology and natural sciences by utilizing organisms and cells, to produce knowledge, services and products [2]. Environmental biotechnology refers to the application of biotechnology which is used for finding a way to solve the problems related to environment, in both conditions like in manmade ecosystem e.g. waste…

A top bull in one area of the world can impregnate cows all over the world, improving the genetics in cattle all over the world. ("Biotechnology Options for Improving Livestock Production”…

The development of biotechnology for pesticide resistance is projected to play a critical role in the agricultural industry for its potential benefits in cell and tissue culture and genetic and biochemical techniques, though minimally used today. The most common role of biotechnology thus far has been the circumnavigation of resistance to herbicides, but remains to be applied to fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides. The latest biotechnology is being developed in its techniques for…

The world of biotechnology is often rife with ethical arguments over whether or not certain studies or products should be allowed or not. Lately, these debates have gotten more intense as a result of a new technology that is revolutionizing both research and industry in the biological sciences. The new technology in question has the cryptic name; CRISPR/Cas9, which acts like a microscopic pair of scissors that can cleave DNA sequences with unprecedented precision and speed when compared to any…

Since Watson and Crick unraveled the structure of DNA, much controversy has sparked regarding biotechnology and its ethics. According to BBC, biotechnology includes “any use of science or technology to alter the characteristics of a particular breed or animal.”1 Many believe that biotechnology will have unexpected adverse consequences and some claim that it is tampering with God’s creations. Contrary, many scientists counterargue that it has shown potential in producing unprecedented vaccines,…

Leon Kasse once said, “There is a lot of hype and fear about this much-talked-about-prospect of designer babies”. The biotechnology of being able to design the sex, appearance, athletic ability, elimination of disease, and how smart a child will be is slowly but surely developing for children. Parents are now able to fix what couldn’t be fixed before, and that is opening doors to pregnancies in every which way. Parents will not have to worry about having a child with a life-threatening disease,…

During my sophomore year of high school, I engaged in our school's signature Intro to BioTechnology semester course. Usually the class would incorporate one guest speaker per week to inform us with a presentation on a topic, ranging from biochemical engineering to how virtual reality technology can be applied to the medical field. Overall it was a fun and fulfilling class. One Thursday morning I dragged myself out of my bed to get to my first class BioTech. I was hopeful for an easy day, but…

Biotechnology is a specific type of technology based off biology. With a wide variety of treatments it produces (over 250) its basic function is to better technology, products and treatments to help improve the human life, agriculture, energy and many other functions in the world. The earliest biotechnologist’s were farmers who started cross breeding plants and animals to find different types of species in both. Not knowing where these experiments will take them, but testing them out and seeing…

The modern era advanced the biological science industry with the introduction of biotechnology. The biotech industry allowed the use of technological advancements that assist the use of research. Biotech has also allowed scientist to look at biological topics from a microscopic scale to a nanoscopic scale. One of the biggest innovations is the ability to research single cells. The research of single cells is a topic that is able to be assisted by Fluidgm technology, a biotech company that…