BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biotechnology is "the application of biological organisms, system or processes to manufacturing and service industries".(British Biotechnologists)... Biotechnology is "a technology using biological phenomena for copying and manufacturing various kinds of useful substances".(Japanese Biotechnologists)... Biotechnology is as old as human civilization and has been an integral part of the human life. Many scientists use the term old or traditional biotechnology to the natural processes that have been used since many centuries to produce beer, wine, curd, cheese and many other foods. The new or modern biotechnology includes all the genetic manipulations, cell fusion techniques and the improvements made in the old biotechnological processes.