Introduction

• Controlled use of biological agents, plants, their parts and microorganism for beneficial uses is called biotechnology.
• It deals with transformation of inputs to commercial inputs.

Product of biotechnology

a) Monoclonal antibodies:

• A class of antibodies with identical offspring of a hybridoma and are very specific for a particular location in body.
• Clone of antibodies derived from single parent cell.

b) DNA Probes:

• Single strand DNA to detect complementary nucleic acid sequence.

c) Synthetic vaccine

d) Drugs

e) Antibiotics: Drugs for fighting bacteria.

f) Test tube babies

g) Transgenic plants/animals

h) Phylogenetic trees

i) Gene therapy

j) Soma clonal variant