OPEN ELECTIVE- Biotechnology for Human Welfare-

Unit 1-

Industry- An overviewof application of biotechnology in industry; Enzymes for textile industry, breweries and food

food supplements: single cell proteins, vitamins

food processing: cheese, yoghurt making, Biodegradable plastics, biofuels.

Unit 2-

Environment- Application of biotechnology in environmental aspects: Waste management, biodegradation of heavy metals, water cleaning, removing of oil spills, bioremediation, air and soil pollution and biomining.

Unit 3-

Forensic science and health- Forensic science: Application of biotechnology in forensic science: Solving crimes by using DNA finger printing techniques.
Health: Antibiotic production, molecular diagnostics, Vaccines and vaccine delivery, recombinant therapeutics- Insulin, gene therapy, human genome project.

Unit 4-

Application in livestock improvement- Transgenic animals, clones, Animal vaccine production, increased milk production, artificial Insemination, poultry and fisheries.

Reference:

  1. Crueger W and Crueger A. (2000). Biotechnology: A textbook of Industrial Microbiology.2nd edition. Panima Publishing Co. New Delhi.
  2. Patel AH. (1996). Industrial Microbiology. 1st edition, Macmillan India Limited.
  3. Stanbury PF, Whitaker A and Hall SJ. (2006). Principles of Fermentation Technology. 2nd edition, Elsevier Science Ltd.
  4. Environmental Biotechnology, Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra
  5. Environmental Biotechnology – Concepts and Applications, Hans-Joachim Jordening andJesef Winter
  6. B.B. Nanda and R.K. Tiwari, Forensic Science in India: A Vision for the Twenty First Century, Select Publishers, New Delhi (2001).
  7. S.H. James and J.J. Nordby, Forensic Science: An Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, 2nd Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton (2005).
  8. W.G. Eckert and R.K. Wright in Introduction to Forensic Sciences, 2nd Edition, W.G.Eckert (ED.), CRC Press, Boca Raton (1997)