21st century: An era of Biotechnology
21st century: An era of Biotechnology "THE REWARDS FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY ARE TREMENDOUS - TO SOLVE DISEASE, ELIMINATE POVERTY, AGE GRACEFULLY. IT SOUNDS SO MUCH COOLER THAN FACEBOOK" GEORGE M. CHURCH Now a day everyone is familiar about the term biotechnology. Biotechnology is a branch of biology or we can say that it is a broad area of biology that uses living organisms for the welfare of mankind. In simple words we can say that by using living organisms or their parts to make products useful for mankind. Let's take a simple example of bread and making of yogurt in which yeast and certain bacteria are used respectively. It is derived from two words, Bio and technology. So, by using modern tools and techniques on living organisms or their parts to develop products that are used for well-being of humans. The history of biotechnology goes to 7000BC where Chinese use fermentation for beer making. Let us discus about major eras of biotechnology. History of Biotechnology 1. Befor...