Biotechnology in Medicine

Biotechnology in Medicine - Biotechnology has found a wide range of applications in medicine. While dealing with diseases, applications of biotechnology include prevention, diagnosis and cure of diseases. Through human genetics, it has found use in genetic counselling, antenatal diagnosis, and gene therapy.

In forensic medicine, it has already been used for identification of individuals, who could be criminals (murderers or rapists). These applications will be briefly discussed in this chapter under three headings:

(i) animal and human health care,

(ii) genetic counselling and

(iii) forensic medicine.