Biotechnology | search
Click here to view Biotechnology news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Biotechnology: what it is and how it's about to change our livesBiotechnology is a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For example, drugs and therapeutics, nutritional compounds, environmentally friendly chemicals and materials, biofuels, and novel functional materials can be produced through biotechnology.
- 5 innovations that are revolutionizing global healthcareHealthcare innovation is accelerating at an unprecedented scale, the WHO says. From AI to gene editing, here are 5 innovations that are pushing boundaries.
- Four problems that biotechnology can help solve - The World Economic ForumBiotechnology offers some of the most promising and targeted ways to find solutions to these threats. For example, the British company Oxitec, a subsidiary of Intrexon Corporation, offers a technology to control the spread of a single species of insect, Aedes aegypti, the primary vector for dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus outbreaks around ...
- How biotechnology is evolving in the Fourth Industrial RevolutionFurthermore, contemporary biotechnology has produced biomaterials including polysaccharides (microbial cellulose), proteins (spider silk), and even formerly synthetic polymers (polylactate and poly[lactate-co-glycolate]) by fermentation of engineered microorganisms.
- How could biotechnology improve your life? - The World Economic ForumBiotechnology has the potential to provide the platforms needed for rapid identification of biological threats, development of potential cures and global manufacturing of the solutions. Identification of better targets and combined use of nanotechnology and information technology are making it possible to develop rapid, accurate, personalized ...
More
