How can biotechnology help us in the on going constant research for cancer therapy? The answer lies in what can biotechnology tools provide us with that we did not have before and it is the genetically engineered microorganisms that are capable of attacking defective molecules. It has as well advanced the research in providing new techniques such as gene silencing and knock-down. The latter are not only beneficial in the cancer research but in all the molecular biology research since it helps silencing and removing genes so their function can be studied.
This is only the beginning of a new era, the options are numerous and the horizon is the limit because of the infinite options biotechnology and genetic engineering can provide our research.
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