Nature Of The Work

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consultants to business firms or to government, while others test and inspect foods,
drugs, and other products or write for technical publications. some work in sales and service jobs
for companies manufacturing chemicals or other technical products.

Advances in basic biological knowledge, especially at the genetic level, have resulted in a new
technology called biotechnology. Biologists using this rapidly developing technology recombine the
genetic material of animals or plants, making organisms more productive or disease resistant. The
first application of this technology has been in the medical and pharmaceutical area. The human
gene that codes for the production of insulin has been inserted into bacteria, causing them to
produce human insulin. This insulin, used by diabetics, is much purer than insulin from animals, the
only previous source. Many other substances not previously available in large quantities are
starting to be produced by biotechnological means; some ...

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