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प्रश्न
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Biotechnology: Professional uses
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उत्तर
Biotechnology is the branch of biology that involves application of technology in utilising the living organisms or their parts to produce products useful for humans. There are various applications of biotechnology some of which are mentioned below:
- It is used in agriculture to produce improved varieties of plants and animal breeds, and to control pests and pathogens.
- It is applied in food processing industries to produce additives.
- It is applied to produce biocatalysts and biopolymers.
- Many biotechnological processes are applied to control pollution and treat waste water.
- It is applied in the field of health care to produce several vaccines, drugs and hormones like insulin, etc.
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| b. | Factor | 2. | Dwarfness |
| c. | Somatostatin | 3. | Viral infection |
| d. | Interleukin | 4. | Cancer |
| 5. | Haemophilia |
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Changes in genes of the cells are brought about in non-genetic technique.
Answer the following question in your own words.
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Use of non-genetic biotechnological techniques.
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Define.
Biotechnology
What does biotechnology include?
______ refers to the development and utilization of biological forms, products or processes for obtaining maximum benefits to man and other forms of life.
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?
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