Friday 16 October 2015

Biotechnology In Medicine:-


  • There are many application of biotechnology in medicine i.e. diagnosis and treatment or diseases and the maintenance of health.
  • Through genetics regarding human,biotechnology has found use in genetic counselling, artenatal diagnosis and gene therapy.
  • In forensic medicine, Biotechnology has already been used for identification of criminals.
  • There are various applications of biotechnology in animal and human health care either directly or indirectly ways.
  • In indirect ways, it involves manufacture of nutritional food through single cell proteins and in detecting food contamination using molecular probes.
  • In direct ways, it involves efforts to overcome the menu due to variety of disease.
  • There would be through (i) Development of vaccines for immunity.
  • (ii)Diagnosis of diseases at an early stage of its onset.
  • (iii)treatment of the diseases 
  • (iv)Fertility control.
  • Genetic counselling for couples who think that their child may be at a risk of congenital disease.
  • It was now become routine in medical practices in developed countries.
  • DNA fingerprinting and Autoantibody fingerprinting are useful in forensic medicine for identification or murderer , rapists etc. 

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