Biotechnology
Belleville, Canada
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Introduction
Biotechnology plays a critical role in the battles against hunger, disease and pollution. It is used in developing precision medicines and gene therapies, environmental decontamination to restore polluted spaces and engineering crops to improve their yield and nutrition. Precision Medicines and Gene Therapies: Biotechnology enables the development of personalized medicines tailored to an individual's genetic makeup, leading to more effective treatments with fewer side effects.
Gene therapies hold promise for treating genetic disorders by correcting faulty genes. Environmental Decontamination: Bioremediation, a form of biotechnology, utilizes living organisms to degrade or eliminate contaminants from polluted environments. This approach can help restore ecosystems affected by pollution, such as oil spills or industrial waste.