Biotechnology by Prakash Lohar

Biotechnology-based industries such as health care and
pharmaceutical, crop and livestock breeding and use of
microorganisms and plants to produce valuable new materials provide
tremendous benefits to mankind either directly or indirectly. The
momentous discovery of the three-dimensional structure of DNA
made by Watson and Crick, ultimately paved the way for the Human
Genome Project. The rapid progress in the field of genetics has
profoundly changed our understanding of the basic processes of life.
This exciting new knowledge is already pointing to gene level
treatments in medicine, safer food, improved crops, healthier farm
animals and a cleaner environment. Biotechnology affects over 30%
of the global economic turnover by the way of health care, food and
energy, agriculture and forestry, and this economic impact will grow
as biotechnology provides new methods to process the raw materials.
Biotechnology is developing at a phenomenal pace and will
increasingly become a necessary part of modern life.