LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Biotechnology, the term, is a combination of two words ‘bio’ and ‘technology’, -‘bio’ means biological systems or processes, and ‘technology’ refers to methods, systems, and devices used to make useful products from these biological systems.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biotechnology (or Biotech) has evolved to include an array of complicated processes that utilize the natural systems found in living things. The resulting technologies are then applied to a wide range of purposes, including for the environment and health care as well as food production and food safety.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Hungarian Károly Ereky coined the word “biotechnology” in Hungary during 1919 to describe a technology based on converting raw materials into a more useful product. He built a slaughterhouse for a thousand pigs and also a fattening farm with space for 50, 000 pigs, raising over 100, 000 pigs a year.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many forms of modern biotechnology rely on DNA technology. DNA technology is the sequencing, analysis, and cutting-and-pasting of DNA. Common forms of DNA technology include DNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, DNA cloning, and gel electrophoresis.