Over Six

billion

people live

on Earth

Help solve many

problems

Food, Health, Housing and

other areas involved

Pest resistant crops

– increase production

Tissue engineering

– create new tissues

Microbial

biotechnology used to

produce new disease

preventing vaccines

People need food and

water to live, this

provides nutrients

Quality of life promotes the well-being of people.

Shelter in the form of clothing and housing

contributes a good quality of life

Opportunity to interact with other people promotes human well-being

An important part

of quality of life

is the access to

good healthcare.

(Which promotes

good health).

Health can be

impaired when

disease strikes. Quality of life includes healthcare practices that prevent disease as well as treat and heal disease.

The time between birth

and death. Life

expectancy has risen over

the past years, which

adds to the population.

The use of biotechnology has contributed to life expectancy. Scientists are seeking new products to further enhance biotechnology to extend life expectancy.

Many species of plants are

used for food and shelter.

Yields and quality are

important issues dealing with

plant biotechnology.Important crops include: wheat, corn,

rice, cotton , soybeans, and many kinds of vegetables

Nutraceutical – provide benefits other than nutrition – ex disease fighting drugs

Animal

biotechnology

has been used to

improve

livestock and

poultry.

Livestock includes beef cattle, dairy

cattle, hogs and sheep

Poultry includes

chickens, ducks, and

turkeys. These species

produce meat, eggs,

and feathers.

Vaccines protect people from specific diseases. Different diseases need different vaccinations. These vaccines contain a “dead” or less–active copy of the virus.

Biotechnology provides new methods for making vaccines and leads to the development of new vaccines against different diseases.

Pharmaceuticals were

isolated from plants or

fungi. An example of

biotechnology –

engineered

pharmaceuticals is

human insulin.

Originally humans

used insulin that was

from pigs.

Biotechnology techniques are utilized to manufacture vitamin C and vitamin B-2.

Designer drugs, gene therapy

People die because organs, such as liver, heart, or pancreas fail to work properly. These lives can be saved by organ transplants.

Organ transplants are not always

the best answer because there

are fewer organs available to

people who need them and our

bodies do not always accept new

organs.

Materials play

an important

role in human

life. Some

examples of

materials are:

plastic, synthetic fabrics, silicon

chips and

computers.

Polymer – product of a chemical union of tow molecules to the same compound or produce another compound.

A polyester polymer is the kind of polymer used to make plastics. Some examples are: diapers, yard waste bags, electrical tape, and decals.Biotechnology can help

produce materials

including polyesters in a

more cost –effective

manner.