Few developments in science have had the potential for such profound impact on research, technology, and society in general as has biotechnology. Yet authorities do not agree on a single definition of this term. Sometimes, writers have limited the...

Biotechnology emerged as a big business in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The year of its birth was 1977. The promise of biotechnology has been compared to that of alchemy, which in the Middle Ages sought not only to turn lead into gold...

The term "biotechnology" dates from 1919, when the Hungarian engineer Karl Ereky first used it to mean "any product produced from raw materials with the aid of living organisms." Using the term in its broadest sense,...

James Watson (1928- ) and Francis Crick's (1916- ) publication on April 25, 1953, of the double helix model for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) propelled the biological sciences and biotechnology, the use of microorganisms to produce specific...

Biotechnology is the use of organisms or their parts or products to provide a valuable substance or process. Fermentation using microorganisms in brewing, baking, and cheese production are biotechnologies that date back centuries. Production of human...

Biotechnology, broadly defined, refers to the manipulation of biology or a biological product for some human end. Before recorded history, humans grew selected plants for food and medicines. They bred animals for food, for work, and as pets. The...

The word biotechnology was coined in 1919 by Karl Ereky to apply to the interaction of biology with human technology. Today, it comes to mean a broad range of technologies from genetic engineering (recombinant DNA techniques), to animal breeding and...

Biotechnology research in space is predicated on understanding and exploiting the effects of the unique microgravity environment on chemical and biological systems. The results of these experiments could point the way not only to commercial enterprises...

The word biotechnology was coined in 1919 by Karl Ereky to apply to the interaction of biology with human technology. Today, it comes to mean a broad range of technologies from genetic engineering (recombinant DNA techniques), to animal breeding and...

The biotechnology entrepreneur often starts with a technical background, most commonly including scientific laboratory research. It is quite common for scientists who have spent a number of years in an academic environment to start a new company based...

The use of biology to solve problems and make useful products. The growth of the field is linked to the development in the 1970s of genetic engineering. Biotechnology merges biological information with computer technology to advance research in other...

Strictly speaking, any technology that relates to living things, be these animals, plants or micro-organisms. The term is however most frequently applied to technology used to alter living things in ways designed to benefit mankind. See also: GENETIC...

Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. The United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines biotechnology...