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wat are the main differences between biotecnology and bioinformatics

Biotechnology deals with technology as well as biological sciences, including production of recombinant proteins, transgenic plants and animals, vaccine and other pharmaceuticals.


Bio-informatics deals with IT and biological sciences. DNA sequencing, protein modelling by using software tools and drug designing are covered under the bio-informatics

Originally Posted by jeby sam joseph

wat are the main differences between biotecnology and bioinformatics

Hi friend,

Bio-Technology

Bio - technology deals with the hereditary factor, and in the technological perception . In this we can study about our genes , DNA structure deeply about genetical factors.

BIO-Informatics

We can know all the biological factors includes all types of information. It comprises both for human and also for the animals.

These are main differneces in both.

I am studying in MSc in Medical Biotechnology... What are the job prospect in this field?????

Originally Posted by jeby sam joseph

wat are the main differences between biotecnology and bioinformatics

Biotechnology is one of the most revolutionary and beneficial scientific advances of the last quarter century. It is an interdisciplinary science including not only biology but also subjects like mathematics, physics, chemistry, engineering and many more. It is also a conglomeration of various combined technologies applied to living cells for production of a particular product or enhancing its quality according to our preferences. Its application varies from agriculture to industry -- food, pharmaceutical, chemical, bio-products, textiles, medicine, nutrition, environmental conservation, animal sciences etc., arguably making it one of the fastest growing fields.

Biotechnology combines disciplines like genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology and cell biology, which are in turn linked to practical disciplines like chemical engineering, information technology, and robotics.

Bioinformatics is the application of information technology and computer science to the field of molecular biology. The term bioinformatics was coined by Paulien Hogeweg in 1979 for the study of informatic processes in biotic systems. Its primary use since at least the late 1980s has been in genomics and genetics, particularly in those areas of genomics involving large-scale DNA sequencing. Bioinformatics now entails the creation and advancement of databases, algorithms, computational and statistical techniques, and theory to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of biological data. Over the past few decades rapid developments in genomic and other molecular research technologies and developments in information technologies have combined to produce a tremendous amount of information related to molecular biology. It is the name given to these mathematical and computing approaches used to glean understanding of biological processes. Common activities in bioinformatics include mapping and analyzing DNA and protein sequences, aligning different DNA and protein sequences to compare them and creating and viewing 3-D models of protein structures.
The primary goal of bioinformatics is to increase our understanding of biological processes. What sets it apart from other approaches, however, is its focus on developing and applying computationally intensive techniques (e.g., pattern recognition, data mining, machine learning algorithms, and visualization) to achieve this goal. Major research efforts in the field include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction, prediction of gene expression and protein-protein interactions, genome-wide association studies and the modeling of evolution.

Biotechnology

Biotechnology is generally accepted as the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products.

In the late 20th and early 21st century, biotechnology has expanded to include new and diverse sciences such as genomics, recombinant gene technologies, applied immunology, and development of pharmaceutical therapies and diganostic tests

Bioinformatics

Bioinformatics is the application of computer technology to the management of biological information.

Computers are used to gather, store, analyze and integrate biological and genetic information which can then be applied to gene-based drug discovery and development.

The need for Bioinformatics capabilities has been precipitated by the explosion of publicly available genomic information resulting from the Human Genome Project.

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