Biotechnology

Definition

Biotechnology exploits the mechanisms within the natural world whether they be organisms, cells, or cell-derived constituents to develop new technological, clinical, scientific, or agricultural applications.  

Further Resources

NCBI Resource Coordinators. (2017). Database Resources of the National Center for Biotechnology Information. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(D1), D12–D17. doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw1071

Pavlovich M. What I talk about when I talk about biotechnology. (2017). Crosstalk: What lives beyond the article.

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