Look up: Biotechnology

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   Biotechnology
   Techniques that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce a variety of products (from medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms to remove toxics from bodies of water, or act as pesticides.
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   Biotechnology
   The scientific manipulation of living organ- isms, especially at the molecular genetic level, to produce useful products. Gene splicing and use of recombinant DNA (rDNA) are major techniques used.
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   biotechnology
   The use of DNA technology to create products, for example, pharmaceuticals or food products.
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   biotechnology
   Using living organisms to make a product or run a process as ancient as using yeast to make bread (traceable back 6,000 years), or as modern as genetic engineering.
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   Biotechnology
   Any technique that uses living organisms, or substances from those organisms to make or modify a product, to improve plants or animals, or to develop micro-organisms for specific uses (OTA, 1989). Traditional biotechnology covers well established and widely used technologies based on the commercial use of living organisms e.g. biotechnologies used in brewing, food fermentation, conventional animal vaccine production. Modern biotechnology encompasses technologies based on the use of: recombinant DNA technology; monoclonal antibodies and new cell and tissue culture techniques (Persley, 1992).
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   biotechnology
   [n] - the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes 2. [n] - the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
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   Biotechnology
   A wide range of techniques used to manipulate living organisms to develop or accentuate characteristics that human beings desire. Genetic engineering, in which the hereditary material of a plant or an animal modified at the molecular level, is one contemporary form of biotechnology.
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   Biotechnology
   means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use
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   Biotechnology
   The industrial application of living organisms and/or biological techniques developed through basic research. Biotechnology products include pharmaceutical compounds and research materials.
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    biotechnology
    (Learning Modules / Biology / DNA / Glossary) The exploitation of biological processes for industrial, research or environmental purposes. This includes genetic engineering, and also brewing, baking, sewage treatment and biological washing powders, amongst many others.
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    biotechnology
    Technological applicatiosn that makes use of biological systems or living organisms, either directly or in a modified form
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    Biotechnology
    Biotechnology: The fusion of biology and technology. Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product research and development. In particular, biotechnology involves the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques. Biotechnology is expected to become increasingly important in the 21<sup&g ...
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    Biotechnology
    any technological application that uses biological systems,living organisms,or derivatives thereof,to make or modify products or processes for specific use Ú Category: The chemical industry
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    biotechnology
    <chemistry, molecular biology> A set of biological techniques developed through basic research and now applied to research and product development. ... In particular, the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques. ... Biotechnology products include antibiotics, insulin, interferon, recombinant DNA, and te ...
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    biotechnology
    bioengineering noun the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments
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    biotechnology
    (bi″o-tek-nol´ә-je) any application of technology that uses biological systems, organisms, or their derivatives, to create new products or processes or modify existing ones. Broadly used, the term includes processes traditional to agriculture and food production, but it may be used more narrowly to enc...
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    biotechnology
    the use of biology to solve problems and make useful products. The most prominent area of biotechnology is the production of therapeutic proteins and ... [6 related articles]
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    biotechnology
    biotechnology, biotech 1. The branch of technology concerned with the development and exploitation of machines in relation to the various needs of human beings. 2. The branch of technology concerned with modern forms of industrial production utilizing living organisms, especially micro-organisms, and their biological processes; including such ancient endeavors as the u...
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    biotechnology
    A set of biological techniques developed through basic research and now applied to research and product development. In particular, the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques.
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    Biotechnology
    A set of biological techniques developed through basic research and now applied to research and product development. In particular, biotechnology refers to the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques.
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    biotechnology
    biotechnology, the use of biological processes, as through the exploitation and manipulation of living organisms or biological systems, in the development or manufacture of a product or in the technological solution to a problem. As such, biotechnology is a general category that has applications in ...
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