Medical biotechnology
Medical biotechnology is the branch of biotechnology that deals specifically with human health care and
method of treatment through the development of medicine such as antibiotics.
It is also known as red biotechnology
The maximum benefits of biotechnology has been utilised by health care.Biotechnology derived proteins and polypeptide from the new class of potential drugs. For example,insulin was primarily extracted from slaughter animals. Since 1982, human insulin (Humulin*) has been produced by microorganism in fermenters. similarly,hepatitis B vaccines viz.,Recombivax HB (from Merk),Guni (from shantha biotechnics Ltd, Hydabad), shanvac (Biological E.Laboratry,etc.are the genetically engineered vaccines produced biotechnologically. Since 1987, the number of biotechnology derived new protein drugs has surpassed the new chemical drugs (padh, 1996)
With the advancement of gene manipulation in organism the science have led to a new revolution in biology which is called gene revoluton. Thus the roots of today's biotechnology lies chemistry.physics and biology
some of the importannt products produced through genetically modified organismproducts Applicatin
Inteferon cancer and viral infection
insulin Treatment of diabetes
Somatostatin treatment of growth disorder
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