DEFINING BIOTECHNOLOGY: HISTORY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Dr. Priti Gupta*
ABSTRACT
This article deals with the general introduction to biotechnology, its
features, its history starting from making of beer to the establishment
of new discipline of biotechnology, its various types, utility and the
career prospects in India and abroad. Biotechnology deals with the
utilization of either the living organisms or their components for
production of novel compounds at commercial level for the benefit of
mankind. The founding principle of this field is genetic manipulation
and maintenance of sterile conditions that enable any recombination
product to be formed. Biotechnology has emerged from zymotechnology, a discipline of
science that deals with only beer fermentation. Today, biotechnology has not left even a
single field of our life untouched and is finding applications in agriculture, industries,
poultries, fisheries, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, stem cell research, designer babies, 3-D
printing of organs, etc. Several biotechnological companies of pharmacy, food sector and
research has already established in India and abroad and with the advent of state-of-the art
technology, many more are still evolving.
Keywords: biotechnology, zymotechnology, genetic manipulation, stem cell research.
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