Biotechnology

Biotechnology is the use of a living thing or any part of a living thing to make a product or process that improves human life.

Choose 1 of the following biotechnology applications:

in vitro fertilization
DNA profiling
Vaccines
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
Gene therapy
In an APA-formatted report, research the topic that you have chosen, and answer the following 5 questions:

Explain how the process you have chosen meets the definition of biotechnology.
Describe how the process is performed.
Explain the uses of the application.
Discuss at least 1 benefit, 1 drawback, and 1 risk of the process you have chosen.
Elaborate on an ethical concern of the application you have chosen, for example, if you chose in vitro fertilization you might discuss what to do with leftover embryos.

Gene therapy is an important application of biotechnology in which the mutated gene is isolated and then mutated gene is replaced by normal gene,the normal gene is integrated into a suitable vector and the vector is finally incorporated into the host which the diseased gene or matated gene is isolated.

Explanation:

Application of gene therapy

Gene therapy is used to treat various diseases such as severe combined immuno deficiency(SCID).

Benefits

Gene therapy helps to reat various life threatening diseases such as cancer,AIDS

Drawback

Gene therapy is very much expensive.

Risk

The main risk associated with gene therapy is that if the normal gene is targeted to the other part of the body instead of its original site then this can leads to mutation of another normal chromosome.