Sentences with phrase «of modern biotechnology»

Mascoma uses the tools of modern biotechnology to develop microorganisms (yeasts) that improve industrial production of fuels and chemicals from biomass.

The tools of modern biotechnology, he explains, can potentially refine industrial fermentation by mixing and matching genes that lead to a better conversion of sugar to alcohol.

I think about that scene when I hear the way many of my environmentalist friends talk about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, an ill - fitting term that has come to stand for plants, animals and other living things whose genes have been directly manipulated in the lab using the techniques of modern biotechnology.

BCP is a stakeholder organization advocating for the safe and responsible use of modern biotechnology for the attainment of national development goals in the Philippines.

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A Colloquium on «Body, Soul and Mind: Aquinas and modern developments in Biotechnology and neuroscience» in Oxford last March emphasised the relevance of the philosophy of science...

What I still find astonishing — and what I was so excited to see on this particular day — is that Golden Rice, developed through modern biotechnology, has the ability to accumulate large amounts of beta carotene in the grains, giving it this dramatic golden color.

IRRI is using breeding and modern biotechnology to develop rice that contains more beta - carotene (a source of vitamin A), iron, and zinc.

At the end of June 2016, a number of Nobel laureates accused Greenpeace's campaign against Golden Rice as a «crime against humanity «and called upon governments around the world to «do everything in their power to oppose Greenpeace's actions and accelerate the access of farmers to all the tools of modern biology, especially seeds improved through biotechnology ``.

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My colleagues and I continually ask these types of questions while working in the field of agricultural biotechnology, and we are using the tools of modern biology to find the solutions.

Although the whole drive to understand the molecular basis of beer production involves modern tools that are used in biotechnology, such as real - time polymerase chain reaction (PCR), gene chips, proteomics, mass spectrometers, and so forth, genetic manipulation is not acceptable in any form — not in any of the raw materials or the yeast.

Yes, says Horsch, in a recent speech: «We can not afford to squander our time debating that last fraction of risk from fantastic «what if» scenarios of biotechnology that ignore 10 millennia of broad experience in agriculture and tremendous modern insights into the science of genetics.»

Arthur Landy, a distinguished professor of molecular and cell biology and biochemistry at Brown University, recently decided, however, that he had to remind a former premed student of his that «without evolution, modern biology, including medicine and biotechnology, wouldn't make sense.»

Our Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform is positioning Australia to play a role in one of the fastest growing areas of modern science so that we can understand global developments and contribute to advances in areas including manufacturing, industrial biotechnology, environmental remediation, biosecurity, agriculture, and healthcare research.

«[T] he science is quite clear: crop improvement by the modern molecular techniques of biotechnology is safe.

The recipients named today independently developed the science of modern plant biotechnology, opening doors to improved agricultural crops that can feed the world more effectively and sustainably.

Biotechnology offers the most efficient, cost - effective means of raising agricultural productivity worldwide and this companion book to Food and You: A Guide to Modern Agricultural Biotechnology outlines the essential issues.

Using plant biotechnology we have introduced two resistance genes of a wild potato into a modern potato variety.

The Hanson Laboratory is located on the third floor of Cornell University's modern and well - equipped Biotechnology Building.

References National Center for Biotechnology Information: Effects of Dietary Flax Seed and Sunflower Seed Supplementation on Normal Canine Serum Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Skin and Hair Coat Condition Scores Modern Dog Magazine: 10 «People» Foods for Dogs peteducation.com: Omega Fatty Acids: Sources, Effects, and Therapeutic Uses in Dogs

They are embodiments of the complexity of life in the modern age, ruminations on the omnipresence of mass - production, space travel and biotechnology.»

Apart from various aspects of GMOs, she will probably write about botany, evolution, domestication, molecular biology, biotechnology, modern agricultural practices and more, all as related to food.

Unintended consequences of pathogens developed by modern biotechnology methods 4.