Biotechnology Position

Biotechnology is important for many reasons, and there are many different uses

and types of biotechnology. Some of the types of Biotechnology are agricultural,

medical, and industrial. Agricultural uses of biotechnology mainly deal with DNA and in

changing the DNA to increase the activity of plants and help out crops and livestock.

When talking about industrial uses of biotechnology we can see that this helps products

increase, like paper, biofuels, pulp,etc.. Medical uses of biotechnology are important in

helping people prevent human diseases and we can see that every time we get a

vaccine to help fight off those diseases. Biotechnology is all around us, however it is

something we tend to not notice or see the importance in.

The type of biotechnology that interests me the most is the medical uses of

biotechnology. Medical biotechnology is something we should all be grateful for,

because if not, we all might be dead. Biotech researchers conduct studies on all sorts of

diseases and conduct experiments in order to find a way to fight the disease off. To sum

up how medical biotechnology works, I found a direct quote from the article “Types of

biotechnology” and it states; “In Simple words, Medical Biotechnology is the study of

microorganisms like bacteria, plants and animals. It also helps in studying enzymes

which is imminent in industrial and manufacturing sectors and processes which help in

producing foodstuffs, important drugs used for making medicines and synthetic

hormones.” As you can see, medial biotechnology is all around us and in helping us

fight off diseases and in giving us use to prescription drugs we need.

 Does everyone have this sort of access to medical biotechnology though? I think

from a socio-economic standpoint, some people may not have the money for the

benefits of medical biotechnology, including vaccines, prescription drugs, etc. This is

really upsetting that some people are missing out on the benefits of this technology that

is around them and I hope one day the expense of these benefits can decrease and

everyone can more easily access the benefits.

I believe biotechnology as a whole can either benefit or ruin the environment for

which we live. Biotechnology is there to help in many ways like i have mentioned,

whether it's for peoples medical benefit, producers benefits, or in agriculture benefits

such as nature benefits. I think this can also be turned around into saying that

biotechnology is not always beneficial. I think biotechnology can sometimes be a

problem when we talk about industrial biotechnology and in producing large amounts of

goods that can be harmful to the environment.

References
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