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Define biotechnology. } List two advantages in the use of biotechnology​

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Biotechnology is the use of living organisms or other biological systems in the manufacture of drugs or other products or for environmental management, as in waste recycling: includes the use of bioreactors in manufacturing, microorganisms to degrade oil slicks or organic waste, genetically engineered bacteria to produce human hormones, and monoclonal antibodies to identify antigens.

Biotech offers the possibility of improving human health, the environment, and agriculture while creating more sustainable modes of production.

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The application of biological techniques to obtain important products which can be used for human welfare is called biotechnology.
Advantages of biotechnology:
Improvement of plants and animal breeds to give a high yield of their products.
Pests and pathogen control in agriculture which will reduce the loss of yield in food crops.
Synthesis of biocatalyst which can be used for enhancing the reactions which can be carried out in vitro or laboratory conditions.
Sewage treatment or water recycling can be done with the help of transgenic microbes which have better efficiency and speed.
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