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प्रश्न
Give one use of Biotechnology.
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उत्तर
Following are the uses of biotechnology in various fields:
- Agriculture: This includes production of cash crops, improvement in varieties of cash crops, increase in abilities of plants to withstand environmental stresses, etc.
- Medical science: Early diagnosis of congenital diseases, organ transplantation, cancer research, production of artificial skin, cartilage, etc. in laboratories.
- Pharmaceutics: Development of drugs, vaccines, etc., for treatment of a variety of human and animal diseases.
- Environmental science: Environment protection which includes the development of newer techniques for pollution control and sewage treatment.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A) Which process is shown in the above figure?
B) Describe in brief the steps- I , II , III & IV.
Match the pairs.
| a. | Interferon | 1. | Diabetes |
| b. | Factor | 2. | Dwarfness |
| c. | Somatostatin | 3. | Viral infection |
| d. | Interleukin | 4. | Cancer |
| 5. | Haemophilia |
Rewrite the following wrong statement after correction.
Changes in the genes of the cells are brought about in non-genetic technique.
Complete the following chart.
Write two uses of biotechnology related to human health.
Write a short note.
Genetic engineering
What does biotechnology include?
Which organization provided the following definition of biotechnology?
'Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and service to the human welfare'.
Which of the following was developed and then established by Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer?
Study the following statements regarding recombinant DNA technology and select the correct one.
Which statement is correct for bacterial transduction?
Which of the following is an example of modern biotechnology?
What does genetic engineering involve?
Which academic discipline is involved in the techniques of genetic engineering?
Which of the following is a medical application of biotechnology?
Which of the following is a medical application of biotechnology?
Which of the following is an agricultural application of biotechnology?
Which of the following is an agricultural application of biotechnology?
Biotechnology integrates which field to improve crops through genetic modification?
