What is Biotechnology?

Biotechnology is a field of science that employ organisms or their components to perform tasks or make useful products.

The following video will illustrate how biotechnology is used in and applied to your everyday life:

Biotechnology: The Invisible Revolution

In this video, we saw that biotechnology has been used to:

• make vitamins,
  
• save papayas from viruses
• make laundry detergents more effective
• stone wash jeans
• make biodegradable disposable cups
• make bio fuels
  
• treat lymphoma cancer and rheumatoid arthritis
• make vibrant flowers
• treat and cure leather
• make $ bills
• understand underlying causes of genetic diseases such as multiple sclerosis
  

This blog will look at some of the uses of biotechnology in more depth.