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Exploring Biotechnology: Transforming Lives Through Genetic Engineering

Biotechnology is the fusion of biology and technology, harnessing living organisms to create products for human benefit. This field encompasses various branches like Blue, Red, Green, and White Biotechnology, each specializing in different applications, from marine resources to industrial production. Genetic transformation plays a key role in biotechnology, enabling the alteration of cell genetics for desired traits. Careers in biotechnology range from medical scientists to biochemists. The pioneers in biotechnology, such as Antony van Leeuwenhoek and Louis Pasteur, paved the way for innovative advancements in the field. India is emerging as a key player in the biotech industry, with a predicted growth rate and diverse career opportunities in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and more.

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Exploring Biotechnology: Transforming Lives Through Genetic Engineering

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  1. Biotechnology INTRODUCTION AND ITS SCOPE BY AzharJaved (Asst. Professor)

  2. Defination • Biotechnology is a combination of biology and technology in which living organisms/systems are used to make products beneficial for mankind. • Now a days biotechnology commonly refers to the use of genetic engineering technology to manipulate the genetic material of organisms and enhance the desired characters.

  3. Branches of Biotechnology • Blue Biotechnology • Red Biotechnology • Green Biotechnology • White Biotechnology

  4. Blue Biotechnology • It deals with marine or aquatic organisms and its relatively a new technology • Marine bioresources are used in Biological applications like molecular biological methods. • Term blue describes water in which these organisms survive.

  5. Red Biotechnology • Refers to the use of organisms for the Improvement of medical processes. • Includes the designing of organisms to manufacture pharmaceutical products like antibiotics and vaccines. • Engineering of genetic cures through genomic manipulation and its use in forensics through DNA profiling.

  6. Green Biotechnology • It is related to agriculture processes like selection, modification and domestication of rare plant species via micropropagation. • Formation of transgenic plants to adopt specific environmental conditions.

  7. White Biotechnology • Also called as industrial biotechnology. • Refers to use of living cells/their enzymes to create industrial products that are more easily degradable, require less energy, create less waste products. • Production of useful chemicals from different organisms.

  8. Biotechnology in genetic transformation • Transformation is genetic alteration of a cell by direct uptake and incorporation of exogenous genetic material. • Suitable Vectors are used as carriers to transport the required genes from donor to recipient cells. • Large number of transgenic plants with agronomically useful genes are produced with this method.

  9. Method of transformation of cell

  10. Basic steps involved in transformation

  11. Career in biotechnology • As medical Scientist • Biological/clinical technician • Microbiologist • Scientist • Business development manager • Academician • Biochemist

  12. Pioneers in biotechnology • Antony van leeuwenhoek • 1675 born • And discovered bacteria using a simple microscope. • Gregor Mendel • Austrian monk who performed the first genetic experiments using garden pea in mid 1800s.

  13. Louis pasteur • Disapproved the theory of spontaneous generation. • Described the basic process of fermentation. • Created rabbies vaccine. • Robert hooke • Born in 1665 • Invented the compound light microscope. • First to see cells under compound microscope.

  14. Scope of Biotechnology in India • India is soon going to be hotspot for biotech industry. • Biotech sector in India is estimated to grow by 30.46 percent by 2025. • India is among the top 12 biotech destinations in the world and third in Asia-pacific region. • Pharmaceutical, Biological sciences, healthcare, food processing industry are blooming career options in biotechnology.

  15. Thanks

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