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Biotechnology & therapeuticsTherapeutics used today have only been made possible with the use of biotechnology, therapeutics which have been approved are commonly used today to treat a wide variety of diseases such as arthritis, hepatitis, genital warts, anaemia, cystic fibrosis, leukaemia and some other cancers.Without the use of biotechnology, the great advancements into these diseases wouldn't have been possible. The therapies which are outlined below all shares the same foundation and all of them have been designed by Mother Nature using biological processes and substances, with some of them relying on the body's own natural method of healing and correcting problems. Here are just a few of the great advancements biotechnology has helped Using natural products in therapeutics Almost all living things have compounds which are therapeutic to us, a lot of our antibiotics are derived from naturally occurring microbes, and a great deal of the medicines which are available today are made from plants, such as Digitalis. Biotechnology is now making it easier than ever before for us to be able to tap into the diversity that nature has to offer. As a result of this, many plants and animals are now being investigated as sources of new medication and we have found that ticks can offer us anticoagulants. The poison arrow frog is being looked into as a way of providing us with painkillers, and a certain type of fungus is found to produce a novel antioxidant enzyme that sucks up free radicals that are know to encourage the growth of tumours. We can get so much help from Mother Nature with the ocean in particular playing an important role as a source for new medication. Marine biotechnologists found that organisms containing certain compounds have the ability to heal wounds, were able to play a part in destroying tumours, could prevent inflammation, help to relive pain and were able to kill microorganisms. Marine crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs can also help as it was found that the shell contains a carbohydrate that proved to be excellent as a drug delivery system. Biotechnology and the immune system We all know the importance of having armies to defend us when war breaks out and our body and disease can be related to war in that the disease is the enemy and the army is our body's immune system. The body's immune system is complex and is divided into many branches or "soldiers" that all keep in constant communication with each other to fight off disease. An example of this is the cytokine branch which is proteins, due to the help of biotechnology these proteins can now be produced in enough quantity to be marketed as therapeutics. They have been very successful in battling against aids, various types of cancer and infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. Specific type of cells can now be increased when under certain conditions the body and the immune system might not produce enough of the cell type that the patient needs, cell culture now helps researchers to provide or help the body create the cells that are needed to do battle for us. |
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