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What is biotechnology?

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The biotechnology is truly an integrated subject which utilizes the knowledge from several disciplines, including Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Engineering etc. The modern biotechnology is one of the world's newest and most important applied science of the 21st century. It deals with the use of organisms, which may be genetically modified (GM) e.g bacteria and yeast or cell and tissue cultures or their products (e.g. enzymes) to perform specific industrial or manufacturing process. Biotechnology can help in diagnosing and treating diseases in humans as well as improvement of microbial strains and generating of novel crops with new traits.

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