IMPORTANCE OF GENETIC ENGINEERING
Genetic engineering or rDNA technology can be used for various purposes:
- To manufacture important compounds like vaccine, hormones, vitamins, antibodies etc. The production of these substances by inserting genes responsible for them in the bacteria and then getting clones of these bacteria used to produce the desired substance.
- To manufacture enzymes used for making cheese.
To breakdown pollutants through recombinant bacteria (bioremediation).
- To clone particular genes with the help of rDNA technology and build up a gene bank or a gene library.
- To use rDNA for gene therapy for curing disorders.
- To raise useful plants (transgenic plants) resistant to herbicides (chemicals used to kill weeds) or insect pests by inserting genes in the plants through rDNA technology.
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