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biotechnology

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The use of living organisms (especially microorganisms) in industrial, agricultural, medical and other technological applications. 2 The application of the principles and practices of engineering and technology to the life sciences.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the branch of molecular biology that studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes; "biotechnology produced genetically altered bacteria that solved the problem" the branch of engineering science in which biological science ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
biotechnology \bi`o*tech*nol"o*gy\ n. same as bioengineering .

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also bio-technology , 1947, "use of machinery in relation to human needs;" 1972 in sense of "use of biological processes in industrial production," from bio- + technology .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN company ▪ It was invested in fledgling biotechnology companies . ▪ Many millions of dollars have flooded into new biotechnology companies in pursuit of interferon and other potential moneyspinners. ▪ But the uncertain ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN ...

Usage examples of biotechnology.

Some bioinformatics companies cater to large users, aiming their products and services at genomics, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies by creating custom software and offering consulting services.

Some of the proposals brought up interesting problems, and several strong ones in a row made them aware of just how amazing contemporary work in bioinformatics was, and what some of the potential benefits for human health might be, if all this were to come together and make a robust biotechnology.

Most experts believe that only a person, a group, or a country with access to advanced biotechnology would be capable of manufacturing and delivering a lethal anthrax aerosol.

While he has produced an unabashedly commercial page-turner, Braver has also probed, in a profound and often disturbing fashion, some fundamental questions about the ever-expanding role of biotechnology in modern life.

All in all, this courtroom seemed an odd place to litigate complex issues of biotechnology, but that was what they had been doing for the past two weeks inFrank M.

Believe me, sir: Applied Homeotics is a whole new field of biotechnology.

Three years ago, he began a series of stories set in a fantastic Cordwainer Smithian future world, somewhat recovered from the destruction of the ancient civilization of the Utopians, where biotechnology rules.

Ciphergen Biosystems, a biotechnology company in Palo Alto, California, is now selling a range of strips for isolating proteins according to various properties, such as whether they dissolve in water or bind to charged metal atoms.

In the decades to come, biotechnology will far transcend these rather simple options, presenting us with fresh choices which will excite us, horrify us, tempt us, and provoke endless arguments -- all dancing about one central question: who are we.

This has given rise to speculations that the weapons involved may have been biological, speculation fueled by the fact that one of the indicted men, Christopher Vincent DelCorvo, was until recently employed by a privately owned biotechnology company, Verico, of Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Jock wants me to study Neanderthal biotechnology for a month, learn all that I can.

Thanks to the march of biotechnology, I have a new pair of legs to replace the ones I lost in 2119.

Industry executives, health-care experts, biotechnology entrepreneurs.

Of course antibiotics is a very crowded part of the market, because the underlying biotechnology is mostly pretty old.

The cycle of life and death and new birth was all around here, none of it twisted by Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology, none of it poisoned by the machines, greed, and exploitation all too native to this galaxy.