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Colors of biotechnology include what?

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Red, Green, White, Yellow, Blue, Grey, Gold, Brown, Violet, Dark

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Health branch and is responsible according to the Biotechnology innovation organization (BIO) for the development of more than 250 vaccines and medications

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Red biotechnology

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It is used by more than 13 million farmers worldwide to fight pests and nourish crops and strengthen them against microorganisms and extreme weather events

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Green biotechnology

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The industrial branch works to improve manufacturing processes, the development of biofuels, and other technologies to make industry more efficient and sustainable

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White biotechnology

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This branch is focused on food production and for example, it carries out research to reduce the levels of saturated fats in cooking oils

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Yellow biotechnology

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This exploits marine resources to obtain aquaculture, cosmetics, and health care products.

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Blue biotechnology

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It is the branch most widely used to obtain biofuels from certain microalgae

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Blue biotechnology

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Its purpose is the conservation and restoration of contaminated natural ecosystems through bioremediation processes.

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Grey biotechnology

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A process that uses mainly microorganisms, plants, or microbial or plant enzymes to detoxify contaminants in the soil and other environments

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Bioremediation process

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Also known as bioinformatics

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Gold biotechnology

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It is responsible for obtaining, storing and analyzing and separating biological information especially that related to DNA and amino acid sequences

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Gold biotechnology

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It centers around treatment of desert-like soils and drawing from species that are highly resistant to dry and saline soils. This involves mainly places such as Africa.

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Brown biotechnology

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It actually centers upon the study of the legal aspects that surround this science.

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Violet biotechnology

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Includes biosecurity and moral impact of certain technologies (gene therapy, animal testing, etc.)

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Violet biotechnology

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It includes production of biological warfare and bioterrorism.

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Dark biotechnology

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It investigates pathogenic, virulent and resistant microorganisms to convert them into biological weapons or counteract their harmful effects.

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Dark biotechnology

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Tools of biotechnology include:

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Bioprocessing technology and genetic engineering

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It is the industrial application of biological processes involving living cells or their components to effect the desired transformation of substrates.

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Bioprocessing technology

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The most commonly used whole cells are what?

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Yeast and bacteria

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The most commonly used component is?

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Enzyme

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The technique of removing, modifying or adding genes to a DNA molecule to change the information it contains.

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Genetic engineering

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More commonly known as recombinant DNA technology

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Genetic engineering

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The product of Genetic engineering is called

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Genetically modified organism

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Better crops, improved animals health

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New tests, vaccines and medicines
Medical and health care
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Better manufacturing processes and consumer products
Chemical and environmental
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What are the four main areas of biotechnology
Transgenic biotechnology, reproductive cloning, reprogramming of cells, forensic biotechnology
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Scientific practice of introducing genetic material from one organism into another unrelated organism
Transgenic biotechnology
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The pituitary gland produces a crucial hormone called; provides for normal growth and development
Human Growth hormone
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The pancreas among other function produces a crucial hormone called; It ensures that glucose is taken up by the cells for cellular respiration
Insulin
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Deliberate production of genetically identical individuals
Reproductive cloning
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Asexual reproduction that occurs naturally where offspring is born with sexual reproduction
Parthenogenesis
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It is a scientific technique that involves taking the nucleus from a body cell and transferring it into an egg cell that has had its own nucleus removed
Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer
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First cloned animal
Dolly
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Body's raw materials
Stems cells
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Cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated
Stems cells
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Undifferentiated, meaning they haven't become a type of cell yet
Stems cells
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When a sperm meets an egg, the resulting zygote is what?
Totipotent
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The inner cell mas, the source of embryonic stem cells
Pluripotent
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It has the ability to create a whole organism or at least all different types of tissues
Totipotent
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It can only give rise to most types of tissues and definitely not a whole organism
Pluripotent
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This tricks the cell into changing from a differentiated cell into a pluripotent cell
iPS (Induced pluripotent stem) cells
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This could eliminate the need for embryonic stem cells
iPS (Induced pluripotent stem) cells
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It deals with the study and investigation of genomic information for the identification of specific signatures.
Forensic biotechnology
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It is used to determine the identity of certain individuals like criminals
Forensic biotechnology
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Laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA or protein molecules based on their size and electrical charge
Electrophoresis
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It is used to move the molecules through a gel or other matrix
Electric current
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Used to make thousands of copies of key regions of the original DNA strand
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
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Specific regions within DNA where a short sequence of nucleotides is repeated multiple times
Short Tandem Repeats (STRs)
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It has the ability to sequence dna
DNA Analysis
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Degenerative brain disorder that usually start causing telltale symptoms around age 35
Huntington's disorder
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Emerging technique used to treat genetic disorders that are caused by nonfunctional gene
Gene therapy
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It works by delivering the missing gene's DNA to the cells of the body
Gene therapy
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It is a process of intentionally choosing and mating organisms with desirable traits to produce offspring with those specific traits
Selective breeding
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Transgenic crops that produce the same toxins as the bacterium bacillus thuringiensis in the plant cell, thereby, protecting the crops from pests.
BT crops
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Using animal parts for human
Xenotransplantation

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