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Biotechnology-The future!!

B iotechnology! Sounds like a very heavy scientific process developed by the modern man. But let me assure you, I shall not be wrong in saying that Biotechnology was one of the most primitive and perhaps the first scientific process developed by the human race, though you may argue it may have been unknowingly.        Man has always been in search of betterment in all his avenues: be it food, shelter, transport and commerce. One may ask if biotechnology is one of the most ancient sciences.  Why such hype is created today, when thousands of years of human evolution have passed? The reason is obvious, every new discovery in any field whether science, mathematics, engineering will draw its importance depending upon the age in which it is discovered as well as how well is it backed by the world political situation. I shall not refrain from quoting the example of the inventions of pagers by the American in the 19th century, the n...