Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.
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: Biotechnology. "This article is going to give you a brief history of the field of biotechnology and show you that we have been using it for many thousands of years." Read article
: DNA. "Two men walk into a pub… It sounds like the beginning of a joke. Two men walk into a pub and one of them says - "We've just found the secret of life…" "Read article
: Beer making. Do you know how beer is made? Put the stages of the brewing process into the correct order. Play game
:. In a future world where genetic manipulation and DNA modification is prohibited, there are still people who are prepared to risk jail sentences to get what they want. And doctors prepared to play God ... Read story
: "Goodness! What's happened to Bobby?" "His jeans ..." See cartoon
"What sort of an animal is that?" "It's a p-i-i-i-g" "Why do you call it that?" "Because ..." See cartoon
"Which pair of chromosomes determines the sex of a person?" "I'm not sure. Just let me ..." See cartoon
: Wordplay: 2 and a half: the age at which the first cloned mouse, Cumulina, died in May 2000. This is six months older than the average for her species. See more trivia
: "Do you believe that the cloning of humans for medical research is good or bad?" See results
: cubed. Cancer eating superbugs. Gene technology could be the key to turning a harmful superbug into a lifesaver. Read story
: cubed. Cell printout: Creating viable cell structures from living tissue. Read story
: cubed. Super scope synchrotron: the brightest light beam imaginable makes cutting-edge molecular research possible. Read story
Genome completion
: Biotechnology. Wikipedia: biotechnology See more links
: DNA. DNA from the beginning See more links
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