Biology is important in solving environmental problems such as shortage of food,poor health services and pollution.
Biology is important in entry into careers such as medicine, animal husbandry and horticulture.
Biology is important in international cooperation such as the joint development of AIDS vaccine by Kenyan and British scientists
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