Technology and Science complement each other, while the basic technological theory is provided by science itself, the latest technology helps to advance and develop the scientific theories.
The technology has helped in advancing the field of biology and this has lead to one of the most modern and also controversial modern technologies, Biotechnology.
Biotechnology is a biology related technology, which involves the use in medicine, food science, and agriculture. It is a very vast field which has proved to be of immense importance to the world in terms of the latest medical developments and solutions. It is used in the research and studies of the biological processes and topics most important to human life in the long run, the recombinant DNA technology and the tissue culture technique. The DNA of different life forms can be altered according to the human which means that it is possible to re-invent a natural product with the qualities suitable to our demands.
Biotechnology manipulates the organic products so that they can be served as useful to the human life. These organic products involve the microorganisms, or of cells and tissues of higher organisms, which are processed to produce beneficial antibiotics and other food products with distinguished qualities. The famous antibiotic, penicillin is the product of biotechnology from the originally named fungi the penicillium.
Apart from the medical and food technological applications, technology has brought about computer related advancement in the biological field which is the Bioinformatics. It is one of the most important and breakthrough fields in biology of the modern times, which uses computational techniques to analyze and organize biological data and solutions.
Evolutionary biology is one other modern technology much relied upon by many biologists due to its prospects. It can be used in a variety of biological advantages which also include constructing evolutionary trees, pathogen tracking and also industrial production of bio chemicals and other agents. |
