When researching for this discussion paper, it was interesting to see the wide range of applications that this technology has been applied to or is being tested for. Most of the articles I found were very technical and on most occasions dealing with only one area of application. I settled for this article because it had a more general outlook and covered the topic more broadly hence, giving the reader a better picture of the scope of this emerging field of science.
Two area that stood out to me were, healthcare and food production.
In the health field, notable are its application is the production of vaccines and therapies that compliment or replace body immune mechanism. This fast growing section of biotechnology offers scientists the prospects of treating previously untreatable diseases and combating difficult to treat pathogens and controlling conditions that arise from the abnormal function of body systems, best examples are diabetes and …show more content…
No, though informative and factual, it is one sided and pretentious, as much as Biotechnology is the superhero that will solve all our problems, it also presents a the risk of introducing new, more serious problems. In time, it will become apparent if the solutions that have been implemented already are successful, safe and sustainable. Consider genetically modified (GM) foods, they have been around for a while and there has been discussion about them having some untoward health effects over time, and just as superbugs resulted from in-appropriate antibiotic use, who knows what will result from the use biotechnology-developed; foods, medications, vaccines and other