Health Biotechnology

Therapeutant

product used to maintain health or prevent disease

Biopharmaceuticals

drug or vaccine developed through biotechnology called designer drugs

Biopharming

production of pharmaceuticals in cultured organisms

What did Karl Ereky do?

Coined biotechnology

White biotechnology

• Use of biological methods in industry

• Applied by manufacturers of laundry detergents

• Includes research for new enzymes (proteins that remove oily and protein -based stains)

• Enzymes that work under extreme conditions (wash temperatures of 20 °C or 90 °C)

Green Biotechnology

Use of biotechnological techniques in agriculture

• Vitamin A deficiency is a serious problem and can cause blindness at a young age if left untreated

• Golden rice was genetically modified to produce betacarotene (a precursor of vitamin A that the body converts to vitamin A).

• A diet including golden rice can thus help to raise vitamin A levels

Red Biotechnology

Production of human insulin from nonhuman sources.

Production of hormones like Interferons, Cytokinins, Steroids and human growth hormones.

Gene therapy for prevention and control of diseases like hemophilia cystic fibrosis

Development of vaccines and antibodies for rabies, HIV, etc.

What is elelyso?

A drug Elelyso for treating Gaucher is being produced by genetically engineering carrots

What is humulin?

Human insulin is being produced using genetic engineering technique known as HUMULIN and it is used for the treatment of diabetes that is low sugar level in the blood