Choose one application of biotechnology in medicine or agriculture. Explain what it is, and list at least one argument for and one argument against its use.



Answer :

As we Know Biotechnology has many applications and is a very important field of study and as any other field has its benefits and difficulties. One of the most controversial applications of biotechnology is transgenics or GMOs, which in agriculture, have proven to generate plants with better performance, that is to say, they are resistant to some plagues or extreme climate conditions like prolonged draw, even more, they increase neat production. Nonetheless has another side that is detrimental for other organisms and the environment. In this case, it has been proved that there is "genetic contamination" of native varieties of the crop generating a loss of diversity, also have severe implications for soil and insects as many cases the agrochemicals and secondary compounds that the GMO produce by itself are harmful to pollinator as well for herbivores and herbivore's predators, creating an environmental disequilibrium.