BIOTECHNOLOGY

What is Biotechnology and where can we find it in our daily lives?

Biotechnology is a science that comes from all sciences, does it seem strange?

Before biotechnology, there were already other areas of science, such as chemistry, biology, microbiology. In fact, the word Biotechnology has a Greek origin, where Bio means life; techno, technique; and logy, knowledge or study. Biotechnology is then technology based on biology, applied biological sciences at any level: food, molecular, cellular, physiological, ecological, industrial...

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"Biotechnology means any technology that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to manufacture or modify products or processes for specific use".

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