Discuss the imporatance of biotechnology in the field of medicine.

Explanation

Using genetic engineering techniques medicinally important valuable pricins or polypeptides which lom the potential pharmaceutical products for the treatment of various diseases been developed on a commercial scale.
Pharmaceutical products developed by rDNA technique:
1. Insulin used in the treatment of diabetes.
2. Human growth hormone used for treating children with growth deficiencies.
3. Blood clotting factors are developed to treat haemophilia.
4. Tissue plasminogen activator is used to dissolve blood clots and to prevent heart attack
5. Development of vaccines against various diseases like hepatitis B and rabies