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Topic: biotechnology
Definition:

  • 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 is used to study the relation between workers and their environments

    Related tag cloud:

  • biotech
  • pharmaceutical
  • research
  • science
  • technology
  • biology
  • genomics
  • pharmaceuticals
  • genetics
  • bioinformatics
  • drug discovery
  • molecular biology
  • medical
  • agriculture
  • dna
  • investment
  • proteomics
  • healthcare
  • life sciences
  • venture capital
  • consulting
    • Resources:

    National Center for Biotechnology Information
    U.S. government-funded national resource for molecular biology information. Access to many public databases and other references, including the draft human genome.
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

    Nature
    Nature, International weekly journal of science.
    http://www.nature.com/

    National Agricultural Library
    Research affiliation: Association of Research Libraries.
    http://www.nal.usda.gov/

    Biotechnology Industry Organization
    Biotechnology information, advocacy and business support.
    http://www.bio.org/