NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
What are the three critical research areas of biotechnology?
Options
- ATherapeutics, diagnostics, and energy production.
- BBioremediation, waste treatment, and food production.
- CProviding the best catalyst, creating optimal conditions, and downstream processing technologies.
- DImproved organisms, engineering, and protein purification.
Correct answer
C. Providing the best catalyst, creating optimal conditions, and downstream processing technologies.
Step-by-step solution
Biotechnology, as you would have learnt from the previous chapter, essentially deals with industrial scale production of biopharmaceuticals and biologicals using genetically modified microbes, fungi, plants and animals. The applications of biotechnology include therapeutics, diagnostics, genetically modified crops for agriculture, processed food, bioremediation, waste treatment, and energy production. Three critical research areas of biotechnology are: (i) Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organis