"Biotechnological" refers to the use of biological processes, organisms, or systems in technology and industry. It involves applying scientific knowledge and techniques to manipulate living organisms or their components for various purposes, such as healthcare, agriculture, or environment.
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Recent years have shown several examples of groundbreaking research with subsequent commercialisation
of biotechnological inventions in the region.
Other harmless strains of cyanobacteria have great potential
for biotechnological applications and for this reason are much sought - after.
Biotechnological production of chemicals using enzymes coupled with the photosynthesis of microalgae is the topic of the new EU project PhotoBioCat.
He will continue to work closely with DOE JGI researchers to uncover the biogeochemical impact and
biotechnological potential of uncultured microbes.
«As in the mouse,» he continues, «the human elements can be used
in biotechnological applications to target mRNA encoding different proteins, by simply engineering the antisense part.
Fly development is basic research, but our methods can also be applied for optimizing
biotechnological processes, such as the production of food additives or drugs using microorganisms,» added Dr. Jaeger.
The European Parliament has once again refused to approve a directive on patenting
biotechnological inventions in the European Community.
With
new biotechnological tools emerging daily, many people deem parents personally and socially responsible for the results of their choosing to bear children.
These types of nurse works in various different types of organizations such as
biotechnological companies, research companies, pharmaceutical companies and others.
As a result, the concentration of this greenhouse gas is reduced and other sources of organic carbon that are usually applied
as biotechnological substrates, such as agricultural products, are no longer required.
Americans are concerned by potentially negative impacts of new
biotechnological innovations, and yet they expect these technologies to be widespread within the next 50 years, according to a new Pew Research Center study.
Its aim was to come up with
biotechnological solutions to problems at the interface of medicine, biology, physical sciences, engineering, mathematics, and computation.
Check out the biomedical and technology track, focusing on the implementation of various engineering principles in the conception, design, development, analysis and operation of biomedical and
biotechnological systems and applications.
«A sub-area which we will look into very carefully in PhotoBioCat is growing algae for
biotechnological use on an industrial scale.
This system therefore suggests a novel
biotechnological method for the preparation of sustainable electrochemical materials.»
The genuinely outstanding popularizing scientist Lee Silver adds to the Lockean case for optimism concerning unfettered
biotechnological development by reminding of us a time not so long ago: Then «the entire biosphere was pushed beyond its human - carrying capacity.»
Our task, instead, will be to live well or with inescapably personal dignity with the
coming biotechnological displays of our real but always fundamentally limited freedom to impose ourselves on nature.
Those least fearful and most welcoming of
biotechnological progress present themselves as consistent Lockeans or libertarians.
Dr. Haque noted that the Bangladeshi government has been pro-active in
adopting biotechnological innovations and works closely with international institutions like IRRI to deliver its benefits to farmers and consumers.
Germany is launching the second round of its Marine Materials research program with the aim to tap the oceans» vast resources of highly
interesting biotechnological compounds.
After Harvard Law School, he clerked for the federal court, practiced law in Boston and Washington, and ran
such biotechnological companies as Biogen in Cambridge.
But let me begin with some general observations about the case for
welcoming biotechnological change — change we can and, in fact, already do believe in.
The particular focus will be the role of the stem cell supporting microenvironment and its potential translation
into biotechnological applications.
This is undoubtedly the most balanced collection of essays by the leading public intellectuals in our debate over the implications of the coming
biotechnological age.
What we need, Bottum says, is someone who can «gather up the premodern elements necessary to maintain the political advances of modernity» and to build them into a new and coherent philosophical vehicle» that will prevent the
threatening biotechnological train wreck.
Given our
increasing biotechnological prowess and the potential consequences of these new developments, properly regulating these areas should be the subject of intense democratic deliberation.
A new
biotechnological device described in a recent issue of the journal Analytical Chemistry may eventually change that.
It should also highlight the beauty and
biotechnological usefulness of microbes, as well as their fundamental importance to the wider living world.
Researchers from the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientÃficas (CSIC) have designed mathematical models that will allow us to understand basic concepts of metabolic and genetic regulatory systems as well as to optimize the production of drugs and
other biotechnological products.
In one area, the use of cyanobacteria as biocatalysts for light -
driven biotechnological applications is being examined and tested in a range of industrially relevant model reactions.
This is especially true in Canada, which is often slow to deal with questions such as
what biotechnological inventions are patentable.
We hope that the genes collected in Malaspina Expedition open the door to
multiple biotechnological applications in fields such as bioenergy, food or cosmetics.»
GREG GIBBONS, managing director of
Australian Biotechnological Resources, is fond of telling the story of the best way to set about building a house.
Natural gene sequences have been shaped in response to many different evolutionary pressures, but are rarely optimal for aspects of «
biotechnological fitness,» such as maximized protein yield or optimal expression control.
He also discusses the potential
biotechnological implications of efforts aimed at enhancing oil accumulation in abundant plants for renewable, carbon - neutral bioenergy production.
The Novozymes Prize aims to raise awareness of basic and applied biotechnology research and is awarded to recognize outstanding research or technology contributions that benefit the development of
biotechnological science for innovative solutions.
His research has advanced our understanding of fundamental questions in plastid biochemistry and achieved
important biotechnological and synthetic biology breakthroughs, including engineered insect resistance and the transfer of the entire metabolic pathway for artemisinic acid from a medicinal plant to a biomass crop.
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