Biotechnology

The importance of enzymes in modern food biotechnology Introduction: The use of enzymes outside their natural environment in food technology gets more and more important. Although the application of enzymes as food additives or in processing raw materials has been used since a long time, it gets more and more popular and also crucial for many processes. Especially because enzymes are labelled with the GRAS (generally recognized as safe) tag, they are very desirable for industries and also…

Stem Cell Therapy is a modern biotechnology that uses stem cells that come from different parts of one’s body and are of different kinds such as embryonic, adult, and tissue-specific, just to name a few. Stem cells are premature cells that have the ability to divide themselves into various kinds of cells in the body. Moreover, they are able to regenerate and mend damaged tissues from which they came from. There are several views on this biotechnology. Some researchers such as Paul…

highly controversial topic in society today. The ethicality of destroying human embryos for research, body part growth, genetically modified food, disease treatment, and more has been the staple for debate in the world of biotechnology. But what is biotechnology? “Biotechnology is the use of any technique involving organisms to manufacture or change products, to improve the desired characteristics of a plant or animal, or to alter microorganisms for a purpose” (Hoyle). Specifically, in this…

When thinking of genetic engineering we often think of genetic modification which deals with direct manipulation of an organism 's genetic material using biotechnology. Biotechnology is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to produce improved or different organisms. There’s all kinds of benefits to genetic engineering starting with genetic therapy according to Funk & Wagnalls New World…

Modern biotechnology is truly astonishing; the technology has extended our carrying capacity far beyond our limits by eliminating devastating diseases, provided life saving pharmaceuticals, as well as solutions for agriculture sustainability for a population expecting to reach 9.5 billion individuals by 2050. Agriculture sustainability is a global concern, which affects each organism on this planet. Hence, as an advanced society we must invest on our current technologies to provide food…

Drug discovery represents one of the most promising and highly visible outcomes of marine biotechnology research (Mishra, 2007).Bio-chemicals produced by marine invertebrates, algae and bacteria are very different than those from related terrestrial organisms and thus offer great potential as new classes of medicines. To date, examples of marine-derived drugs include an antibiotic from fungi, two closely related compounds from a sponge that treat cancer and the herpes virus, and a neurotoxin…

d-security#sthash.DFq7ZVzQ.dpuf). We have been fighting against the hunger since the Green Revolution in the 20th Century, but we still have a long way to walk before its end (Borlaug, N. E. (October 2000). Ending World Hunger. The Promise of Biotechnology and the Threat of Antiscience Zealotry. Plant Physiology vol. 124 no. 2 487-490. Retrieved from http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/124/2/487#ref-list-1). That is why I believe that the Genetically Engineered (GE) food have a important role…

There are some biological sciences which are essential for human being's life. Among an abundance of sciences, applied microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering play a key role in our lives. All of these science branches support and guarantee the life continuity and health of human being on the earth. Although the terms of applied microbiology, biotechnology and genetic engineering are novel and new, the sciences are prehistoric in practice. Through the several millennia, the human…

BIOL101 - Cellular and Molecular Biology Biotechnology and Genetic Diversity Essay: Biotechnology is defined as the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc (Oxford University Press [2010], Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford; UK, 2010). The ability of a species to survive is a product of the individual species ability to adapt to its environment, as well as the…

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 1. A. Recombinant DNA Technology Recombinant DNA is DNA that has been artificially created. It involves taking one piece of DNA and combining it with another piece of DNA. By combining two or more strands of DNA, scientists form a new strand of DNA. Gene Transfer using Plasmids • In order to transfer one strand of DNA from one species to another, a host cell is needed. E. coli is often used as a host cell for gene transfer because it not…