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Question
Give one use of Biotechnology.
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Solution
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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