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This chapter covers information about various products of biotechnology in the market already, or about to hit the market. The prehistoric, historic and modern findings in biological and biotechnological research have led to harnessing the capabilities of basic unit of life, i.e., the cell and its internal machinery. This is closely responsible for the advancements in the fields of microbiology, physiology, medicine, biochemistry and environmental studies; thereby, leading to a rapid amplification of tools and techniques of recombinant DNA technology, cell fusion techniques, tissue culture methods, genetic probes and bio-markers. All this has emerged as modern biotechnology, which has closely bound research with industry and business. These fundamental discoveries need to be translated into applications within a fixed or predictable time frame. Although conversion of scientific concepts into ideas, ideas into proof of concept (POC) and POC into finished products is not an easy task and it takes a long time, immense efforts and lot of financial investments to complete this journey, still a lot of entrepreneurs have been able to accomplish this and have made a big difference in the socio-economic lives of commoners.
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Saxena, A. (2020). Products of Biotechnology: The Out-Turn of Research and Production. In: Saxena, A. (eds) Biotechnology Business - Concept to Delivery. EcoProduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36130-3_10
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