Biotechnology
By: Kelsey Plane
DNA in Biotechnology
DNA plays a very important role in Biotechnology because DNA is used as a practice tool for scientists to experiment on. DNA and Biotechnology can be used to make proteins that are usually not used in cells. It can also relieve pollution and increase fertility in the soil.
DNA testing in Biotechnology
Biotechnology is used in DNA testing for running tests, like DNA testing on fingerprints found on crime scenes to help find a criminal and even to find new medicines that can help cure and treat people with diseases.
Biotechnology in Healthcare industry
Biotechnology is used in the healthcare industry by doing many different things, from labeling medication to Finding new medicines and treatments. Biotechnology is very important because it helped discover medicines like insulin is saving peoples live.Without biotechnology alot of medicines and treatments would not exist and even so diseases would be unnamed and undefined.
Biotechnology in Agriculture
Biotechnology is used in agriculture for many different things for example, by using micro propagation to help plants grow from single cells or from small plant pieces, new plants are being discovered, farmers use genetic engineering to produce plants, and to produce large amounts of crops for farmers.
Potential negative impacts of Biotechnology
Some potential negative impacts of Biotechnology are development of harmful chemicals,loss of biodiversity transformations of wild species to genetically modified crops, and domestic livestock leading to involvement of super species.
Using Biotechnology for environmental clean-up
Biotechnology is used in environmental Clean-up or Bioremediation by using microbes to cleanup oil or chemical spills, like gasoline leaking from underground.
NC Biotechnology research centers
Most of the research centers are located near the Piedmont Triad and the Research Triangle.
Job as a Medical Scienctist
Medical scientists jobs contain alot of use of Biotechnology. There job is to discover bacteria, viruses, and infectious diseases. They also have to find treatments, prevention's and even how to improve people's health. Biotechnology helps majorly in there work and even work field, biotechnology helps they with Clinical trials, monitor doses of drugs, find side effects and administer drugs to patients. Biotechnology definitely helps tremendously with this job.
NC Rankings V.S. U.S.A Rankings
North Carolina ranked #2 in the U.S. , the United States ranked #1 out of the rest of the world, and MIT Ranked highest for universities
Resources
http://www.medresourcesstaffing.com/HealthCare-Jobs/Scientific-Biotech-Positions.aspx
http://www.ncbiotech.org/article/nc-retains-2-spot-ceo-mag-survey
http://rt.com/op-edge/monsanto-gmo-studies-reports-588/
http://money.usnews.com/funds/etfs/rankings/health-biotechnology-funds
http://jobs.monster.com/v-healthcare-q-medical-technologist-jobs.aspx