Medical Biotechnology

This biotechnology application is very important in healthcare because it allows for the mass production of safe and more effective medicines. It also prevents undesirable immune responses which are common with medical products from non-human sources.

Gene Therapy

• Gene therapy is a form of therapy that involves inserting one or more corrective genes that have been designed in the laboratory, into the genetic material of a patient’s cells to cure a genetic disease. Some of the main diseases currently being researched in gene therapy studies include: Cystic fibrosis, Sickle cell anemia, Hemophilia, Muscular dystrophy, Cancer.

Pharmacogenomics

• Pharmacogenomics is the study ....