Biotechnology utilizes the sciences of biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, computers, and information technology to develop tools and products that hold great promise for mankind. Humans have always been "manipulating" organisms to their advantage, but now we are able to manipulate life and materials at the very smallest levels through biotechnology.
One example of biotechnology is cloning. In some sense, scientists have been cloning plants for centuries.
But today, they are cloning animals and other organisms on the molecular level.
In today's biotechnology, scientists can physically select a desired
characteristic and add it to the organism's genetic makeup and produce an exact duplicate of the parent item.
| Did you know that... |
using
a newly developed genetic engineering technique, scientists have
created green
mice that glow? |
Here are some of the exciting fields included in biotechnology:
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