Biotechnology: The Technology of the Twenty-First Century

Autor: Shreefal Mehta
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Wiley Encyclopedia of Management
DOI: 10.1002/9781118785317.weom130059
Popis: The twenty-first century has been called “the Biotech Century”: a reference to the potential of emerging biotechnologies and their applications to significantly impact our lives and economies in the coming decades. Keywords: diagnostics; improved speed and accuracy; lower costs of diagnosis; earlier diagnosis leading to better prognosis and preventive measures; public health-related preventive measures are now possible; therapeutics; gene therapy; cell transplants; modulating the immune system; personalized medicine; regenerative medicine; vaccines; plant-made pharmaceuticals; agricultural applications; animal health; material and energy inputs; efficient industrial manufacturing processes; biofuel; green plastics; environmental biotechnology; environmental monitoring; summary of industrial and environmental applications of biotechnology; convergence of technologies with biotechnology
Databáze: OpenAIRE