It thereby reduces both TNF- alpha and the intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn s disease.
Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product research and development.
In particular, biotechnology involves the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques. Biotechnology is expected to become increasingly important in the 21st century. The field of biotechnology has grown to include not only the techniques of genetic engineering but also many other biological techniques as applied to product research and development. These types of products are much less likely to be rejected or destroyed by the human immune system, which would otherwise recognize them as foreign. Similar biotech techniques are being applied to the area of organ and cell transplants and are improving the success rates in the field of transplantation.