bio technology

[asan]

post your messages regarding bio technology.any bio tech students here....

[asan]

The setting up of a separate Department of Biotechnology (DBT), under the Ministry of Science and Technology in 1986 gave a new impetus to the development of the field of modern biology and biotechnology in India. In more than a decade of its existence, the department has promoted and accelerated the pace of development of biotechnology in the country. Through several R&D projects, demonstrations and creation of infrastructural facilities a clear visible impact of this field has been seen. The department has made significant achievements in the growth and application of biotechnology in the broad areas of agriculture, health care, animal sciences, environment, and industry.

The impact of the biotechnology related developments in agriculture, health care, environment and industry, has already been visible and the efforts are now culminating into products and processes. More than 5000 research publications, 4000 post-doctoral students, several technologies transferred to industries and patents filed including US patents, can be considered as a modest beginning. Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has been interacting with more than 5,000 scientists per year in order to utilise the existing expertise of the universities and other national laboratories. A very strong peer reviewing and monitoring mechanism has been developed. There has been close interaction with the State Governments particularly through State S & T Councils for developing biotechnology application projects, demonstration of proven technologies, and training of human resource in States and Union Territories. Programmes with the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Mizoram, Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have been evolved. Biotechnology Application Centres in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal have already been started.

A unique feature of the department has been the deep involvement of the scientific community of the country through a number of technical task forces, advisory committees and individual experts in identification, formulation, implementation and monitoring of various programmes and activities.

In India, more than a decade of concerted effort in research and development in identified areas of modern biology and biotechnology have given rich dividends. The proven technologies at the laboratory level have been scaled up and demonstrated in field. Patenting of innovations, technology transfer to industries and close interaction with them have given a new direction to biotechnology research. Initiatives have been taken to promote transgenic research in plants with emphasis on pest and disease resistance, nutritional quality, silk-worm genome analysis, molecular biology of human genetic disorders, brain research, plant genome research, development, validation and commercialisation of diagnostic kits and vaccines for communicable diseases, food biotechnology, biodiversity conservation and bioprospecting, setting up of micropropagation parks and biotechnology based development for SC/ST, rural areas, women and for different States.

Necessary guidelines for transgenic plants, recombinant vaccines and drugs have also been evolved. A strong base of indigenous capabilities has been created. The field of biotechnology both for new innovations and applications would form a major research and commercial endeavor for socio-economic development in the next millennium.

[asan]

do anybody of you have any basic about what is bio technology

[rocketboy]

http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/

this is a very interesting site . have a look at it.

[great]

do anybody of you have any basic about what is bio technology

are u biotechnology student :o

[asan]

do anybody of you have any basic about what is bio technology

are u biotechnology student :oyes

[asan]

thank you for your response

[gaddeswarup]

asan,
I think that OUTLOOK had a special issue on biotechnology last year. I remembered vaguely the name Varaprasada Reddy from that issue ( and also because a friend claimed that he is friend of Reddy). I googled his name and here are some links:
http://new.pharmabiz.com/index.asp
http://www.businessworldindia.com/archive/200424/Infotech1.htm
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/topStory/70302111.asp
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/future/10306111.asp
Recently I read in a Telugu magazine Eemaata that the prospects are good and it may develop in to a cottage industry (with all its perils).
Good luck.
Swarup

[asan]

asan,
I think that OUTLOOK had a special issue on biotechnology last year. I remembered vaguely the name Varaprasada Reddy from that issue ( and also because a friend claimed that he is friend of Reddy). I googled his name and here are some links:
http://new.pharmabiz.com/index.asp
http://www.businessworldindia.com/archive/200424/Infotech1.htm
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/topStory/70302111.asp
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/future/10306111.asp
Recently I read in a Telugu magazine Eemaata that the prospects are good and it may develop in to a cottage industry (with all its perils).
Good luck.
Swarupya...fine but the updated news is that many small cottage industries have been started (from the loan given from banks)and is running successfully in india in other countries it has reached as a large scale industry and as an economy determining factor for IT revolution it has taken years but for bio tech revolution it won't suffer as nuch as IT for india if bio tech industries dominate now then in future economy scale factor will rise to greater limits.for ex there is a bio tech company called sterile bio-tech started some two months ago in india with a great investment at the intial stage when that company was started a single share costed about 19 rupees but at present it's market value for a single share is 129 rupees see the improvement.nowadays many chemical industries are converting into bio tech companies for ex:ranbaxy,reddy's lab.because the potential is that much.look on the turn over of biocon every month

[asan]

asan,
I think that OUTLOOK had a special issue on biotechnology last year. I remembered vaguely the name Varaprasada Reddy from that issue ( and also because a friend claimed that he is friend of Reddy). I googled his name and here are some links:
http://new.pharmabiz.com/index.asp
http://www.businessworldindia.com/archive/200424/Infotech1.htm
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/topStory/70302111.asp
http://www.biospectrumindia.com/content/future/10306111.asp
Recently I read in a Telugu magazine Eemaata that the prospects are good and it may develop in to a cottage industry (with all its perils).
Good luck.
Swarupthank youn for your info post more messages related to this anywhere you come across.i am trying to form a group out here for bio tech students if you have any friendns ask them to post messages here

[asan]

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[Sandeep]

asan,

Since u r a biotech student I have a question.

Is biotechnology about screwing up the natural genetic code of living organs?

If yes how do biotech engineers confirm that the changes made dont have any long term sideeffects?

[pavalamani pragasam]

Good question, Sandeep!

[Fire111999]

asan,

Since u r a biotech student I have a question.

Is biotechnology about screwing up the natural genetic code of living organs?

If yes how do biotech engineers confirm that the changes made dont have any long term sideeffects?

seems like asan is missing since this question was asked! but i wonder y! as a biotech student he should expect and be able to answer such questions. in fact he should welcome such questions so that he can make pple know more abt this and form more informed decisions. oh, well. i could pick up where he left off... though i'm no biotech student... i'll see if i have time.

[RR]

I'll try to give my perspective..

asan,

Since u r a biotech student I have a question.

Is biotechnology about screwing up the natural genetic code of living organs?

If yes how do biotech engineers confirm that the changes made dont have any long term sideeffects?
Answer to first question is No. WE are not trying to 'screw' up.. ! (but that might be an unintended result :D )

One of the overall goals (of bio research) is to understand the genetic structure so that we can tune it such a way that the end result is what we intend, and no side effects. But complete understanding is far down the road.

[asan]

asan,

Since u r a biotech student I have a question.

Is biotechnology about screwing up the natural genetic code of living organs?

If yes how do biotech engineers confirm that the changes made dont have any long term sideeffects?sorry guys i did not log on for many days and i also forgot where i placed this topic.ok coming to the point bio technology is a vast field a multi disciplinary subject in that gene therapy is a sub division.for your question the answer is yes you can screw up the natural genetic code.the changrs made have o long term side effects because side effects arise only when our gene of interest which is insertionally inactivated gets mutated but it does not get mutated easily it gets only under adverse conditions.and i forgot to say the latest achievement in bio technology ,it is that you can cure skin cancer by means of gene therapy.our body immune mechanism is the lymphocytes but in skin cancer the lymphocytes cannot identify cancerous cells but by modifying the lymphocytes gene they have killed the cancerous cell and in america they have succeded in this project and a 54 old year patient(i think his name is william but i know her daughter name is katie) have been treated and free from cancer and they have extended this resarch to breast and lung cancer.

[asan]

you see within 5 years open source code will be adopted globallly and IT sector will see a huge decline even now many people graduated in computer science and IT B.tech are used only as programmers and not as software engineers IT field took 15 years for it's revolution but BIO-TECH dosen't need that much time.even now most of the pharma industries have been converted to biotech industries and industries are very interestef in getting patents.nowadays most of the medicines are produced through Bio Process technology.In india more than 45% people are suffering from diabetes but the cure for that is insulin-which is a product of biotech industry.in india many industries are now trying to get the patent for interferon

[asan]

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