The overwhelming use of biotechnology in food, medical and agricultural industries are seen.
Food Industry
Various types of vegetables, fruits and grains are clear signs in this field. The production of various types of dairy products and drinks are wonders of biotechnology. Now we are able to store food for months and years, because of advances in biotechnology. With the help of hybridization techniques to create new animals for milk and meat. Nutritious foodshas been developed that is more conducive to health.
Medical and Pharmaceutical Industry
New drugs and medicines are the markets that patients come in with greater efficiency.
Hormones insulin, thyroxine, and others are readily available for human use because of biotechnology. Gene therapy is an ultimate sense of wrong genes in the body to replace. Production of a protein of the blood coagulation factor VIII for hemophiliacs is a clear example of the geneTherapy. Organ transplantation is one of the greatest wonders of biotechnology.
Agricultural industry
New plants are produced that give greater productivity in less time and space. Using different methods of farming, new crops and fruits are produced. The use of biological techniques is to kill pests and other herbs harmful to crops growing in popularity.
Other applications
Today, biotechnology is used in mining, in order to obtain various minerals such asCooper always pure copper sulphate (CuSO4) by various bacteria.
Controversy
Cloning techniques have generated many doubts and ambiguities. This is an alarming situation that scientists will be able to produce a human being from a human cell. Come to many religious and moral issues in this matter. So this problem is a good question for this area of science has been created.
