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    Applications of Biotechnology in Health or Medicine: MJ Rose A. Lopez Grade: 11 Phytagoras

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    This document discusses applications of biotechnology in health and medicine. It describes how medical biotechnology uses living cells and materials to research and produce pharmaceuticals and diagnostics to treat and prevent human diseases. Some key applications mentioned include using biopharmaceuticals developed from microorganisms to treat diseases like cancer, hepatitis and heart disease. It also discusses gene therapy to correct defective genes, pharmacogenomics to understand a person's genetic response to drugs, and genetic testing to identify genetic diseases and conditions.

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    Applications of Biotechnology

    in Health or Medicine
    MJ ROSE A. LOPEZ
    GRADE : 11 PHYTAGORAS
    •Medical Biotechnology is the use
    of living cells and cell materials to
    research and produce
    pharmaceutical and diagnostic
    products that help treat and
    prevent human diseases.
    •The main reason for medical
    biotechnology is to prolong life.
    Other reasons are to ease suffering
    of palliative care patients, to
    increase accessibility for people
    with disabilities, and to prevent
    human diseases.
    History of Medical Biotechnology

    • This field has seen many advancements in the past


    60 years, from the discovery of the structure of
    DNA to mapping out its whole genetic code. This
    field continues to develop more and more each
    and every day.
    • The Emergence of Medical Biotech (1950-1959)
    • 1990: The Human Genome Project is launched,
    costing $3 billion
    • 1998: Embryonic stem cells are synthesized in a
    lab for the first time.
    • 1999: The complete human genetic code is
    deciphered
    Applications of Biotechnology in Health or
    Medicine

    1. Biopharmaceutical- the drugs are being developed with


    the use of microorganisms without using any synthetic
    materials and chemicals. Now, scientists are trying to
    develop such biopharmaceutical drugs which can be
    treated against the diseases like hepatitis, cancer and
    heart diseases.
    Biopharmaceutical Products
    Applications of Biotechnology in Health or
    Medicine
    2. Gene Therapy- is used in delicacy and diagnoses of
    diseases like cancer and Parkinson’s. The apparatus of this
    technique is that the fit genes are under attack in the body
    which either obliterate the injured cells or replace them. In
    some cases, the fit genes make corrections in the genetic
    information and that is how the genes start performance
    in the favor of the body.
    Applications of Biotechnology in Health or
    Medicine

    3. Pharmacogenomics- is an additional genetically


    modified method which is used to learn the genetic
    information of a personality. It analyses the body's reply to
    sure drugs. It is the mixture of pharmaceuticals and
    genomics.
    Pharmacogenomics
    Applications of Biotechnology in Health or
    Medicine

    4. Genetic testing- is a technique of heredity which is used


    to conclude the genetic diseases in parents, sex and carrier
    screening. The technique of genetic testing is to use DNA
    probes which have the sequence alike to the mutated
    sequences. This technique is also used to recognize the
    criminals and to test the parenthood of the child.

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