A virus in general is a small particle which is too small to be seen even by a light microscope. They are able to replicate in living organisms such as plants, animals and certain types of bacteria. Thus they cause infectious diseases. Some examples of viral diseases are the Common cold, Chicken pox, AIDS, Ebola, influenza, SARS and so on. One such viral disease that is causing a pandemic in multiple countries at the same time is the “Corona virus” also known as COVID – 19. “CO” stands for corona, “VI” stands for virus, “D” stands for disease and “19” stands for the year in which it started 2019. Other names are novel coronavirus 2019-nCov. Coronavirus are a group of virus that is able to infect mammals. It belongs to a family named Coronaviridae. The name Corona means Crown in which its outer shape resembles a crown. These crowns like spikes are the proteins on the surface of the virus. Coronavirus cause respiratory related issues in humans such as common cold, pneumonia, ...
Biotechnology can be defined as the application of a new technology to the research and development of products from plants and animal cells. Since biotechnology has a broad scope it has an equilibrium range of concerns. However continued research offers many possibilities to the development in the field of biotechnology. Throughout history, humans have selected particular plants for cultivation as crops because they may be edible, produce good fibers, contain useful chemicals or have a high rate of photosynthesis. A plant that has a high rate of photosynthesis has a high rate of productivity. In this way crops have steadily improved. This process is called artificial selection, which is to select alleles for characteristics which are agriculturally valuable. Today scientists are able to put new traits into a plant which was previously unavailable. For example, there are fishes that survive at very low temperatures and these genes have been taken and have been transfe...