Biotechnology/Related Articles

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Subtopics

• Bioengineering [r]: The application of electrical, mechanical, chemical, optical, nuclear and other engineering principles to understand, modify and control biological (plants and animals - including human) systems. ^[e]
• Pharmaceutical company [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Biotechnology and plant breeding [r]: The use of microorganisms, such as bacteria or yeasts, or biological substances, such as enzymes, to improve plants and prevent plant diseases. ^[e]

Key visionaries and personalities in biotechnology sector

• Finland : Leena Palotie
• Iceland : Kari Stefansson
• Ireland : Timothy O'Brien, Dermot P Kelleher, Pearse Lyons
• USA : Kate Jacques, David Botstein, Craig Venter, Sydney Brenner, Eric Lander, Leroy Hood, Robert Langer, Henry I. Miller, Roger Beachy, William Rutter, George Rathmann, Herbert Boyer, Michael West, Thomas Okarma
• Europe : Paul D Kemp
• India : Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (Biocon)

Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)

• Maize [r]: Cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the world, and one of the most widely grown crops in the Americas. ^[e]
• Evolutionary medicine [r]: The study of diseases from the point of view of human evolutionary biology ^[e]
• Ecological footprint [r]: The sum of all resource-using or waste-producing activities of a biological unit, if converted to units of biologically productive land. ^[e]
• Three Sisters [r]: The three foundational crops of Native Americans prior to European colonization of the Americas: maize, beans and squash. ^[e]
• Classical plant breeding [r]: The application of genetic principles to improve cultivated plants. ^[e]