Biotechnology and its Applications — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

→ This is known as toxicity/safety testing.
→ The procedure is the same as that used for testing toxicity of drugs.
→ Transgenic animals are made that carry genes which make them more sensitive to toxic substances than non-transgenic animals.
→ They are then exposed to the toxic substances and the effects studied.
→ Toxicity testing in such animals will allow us to obtain results in less time.