Monday, February 23, 2009

welcome

hi all i welcome you to the world of biotechnology

lets know more about biotechnology and i hope my informations are useful to all.........


what s biotechnology?

Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.

Biotechnology has applications in four major industrial areas, including health care (medical), crop production and agriculture, non food (industrial) uses of crops and other products (e.g. biodegradable plastics, vegetable oil, biofuels), and environmental uses.

For example, one application of biotechnology is the directed use of organisms for the manufacture of organic products (examples include beer and milk products). Another example is using naturally present bacteria by the mining industry in bioleaching. Biotechnology is also used to recycle, treat waste, clean up sites contaminated by industrial activities (bioremediation), and also to produce biological weapons.