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biotechnology
biotechnology
modern biotechnology
was born in the early 70s
when scientists learned to alter the genetic constitution of a living organism
is used in medicine to produce:
vaccines, antibiotics
Traditional biotechnology
Biotechnology is a modern word but its techniques are ancient;
example
fermentation
agricolture
birth of gene technology
in 1953 Crick and Watson
announced the structure of DNA
they realized of DNA'S sequence
of bases and its ability to copy itself.
were the means by which genes
were stored and copied information.
in 1973 Boyer and Cohen
performed the first gene cloning
experiment known as the recombinant DNA technique
genetic engineering
ability to manipulate the genes of an organism
ability to manipulate the genes of an organism
The complete DNA makes up the genome
which contains not only all genes but also large empty areas.