Top Research Papers on Biotechnology

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is promoting consideration of the risks, rules and responsibilities related to advances in biotechnology which may lead to their hostile use to cause poisoning and deliberately spread disease.

The introduction of GE to agriculture has encountered strong resistance, reflecting conflicting groups within and between countries. This has resulted in a regulatory environment that has limited the application of GE mostly to feed and fiber and practically restricted its application in food. While agricultural biotechnology has already provided significant benefits, much of its potential has not been reached. Regulation of agricultural biotechnology reflects conflicting interests and varying political power of different groups. The relatively supportive regulation of bio-technology in the U....

Extracted from text ... The Bio2Biz SA 2004 Conference in Midrand, South Africa, was host to several international speakers and delegates offering valuable insights into the commercialisation potential and benefits of biotechnology. World-class experts, academics and researchers discussed possible solutions for the African continent. "It is highly commendable that South Africa is taking the lead in organising this International Conference and Science & Technology Exhibition to educate the public and policy makers on recent developments in this exciting field, " stated Dr Henry Daniel...

The palm oil industry has secured Malaysia an important role in the international oils and fats market, according to PORIM, and government policies and R & D investment have ensured this position.

Die passiven elektrischen Eigenschaften biologischer Objekte (Gewebe und Suspensionen) bilden in Zusammenhang mit den morphologischen Eigenschaften einen messbaren Parameter für Untersuchungen zum Zustand und zur Lebensfähigkeit eines biologischen Systems. Die Nutzung der Bio-Impedanzspektroskopie für Frequenzen von einigen kHz bis in den MHz-Bereich liefert ein relativ spezifisches Messsignal, das Auskunft über die Anzahl und den Zustand von Zellmembranen gibt und somit die Bestimmung der Zellkonzentration und der Lebensfähigkeit von Zellen ermöglicht.

Die Quadrupol-Massenspektrometrie weist gegenüber anderen Meßund Analysenmethoden eine Reihe von Vorzügen für die Anwendung in der Biotechnologie auf. In diesem Beitrag werden die für die Gasanalyse und die Bestimmung der Gelöststoffzusammensetzung bei Fermentationsprozessen wichtigen Aspekte der Probenahme und Kalibrierung diskutiert. Ein Überblick über bisherige Anwendungen wird gegeben.

What is biotechnology? explains the basic science behind biotechnology, including gene technology, and acts as both an introduction and a cross-reference to the rest of the Biotechnology Online Secondary School Resource.

This chapter sketches the complex terrain of microbial biotechnology, to convey the impact, the extraordinary breadth of applications, and the multidisciplinary nature of this technology.

For many farm animals conventional breeding has already achieved high-producing animals, but it is apparent that the increases in productivity possible by this means now seem to be approaching a plateau.

Demographers, who had been until quite recently forecasting a steady exponential rise in world population, have now had to make a major re- adjustment and now estimate world population peaking at c.

This document focuses on the development and application of modern biotechnology based on new enabling techniques of recombinant-DNA technology, often referred to as genetic engineering.

Using instrumental neutron activation analysis (NAA), significant results were obtained in the following directions – medical biotechnology, environmental biotechnology and industrial biotechnology.

How biotechnology evolved historically to its present-day profound and positive impact on industry, medicine, agriculture, commerce and the environment is highlighted.

This chapter reviews the current state of biotechnology and examines its future trends and biotechnology plays key roles in medicine, agriculture, and industry.

Regulation n. 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market entered into force on 14 December 2009 and applies as of 14 June 2011, subject to some transitional measures set out in Article 80. It shall replace gradually the current legislation on plant protection products which is laid down in Council Directive 91/414/EEC and related implementing Regulations. Broadly speaking, the harmonized authorization system for active substances used in plant protection products, as originally set out in Directive 91/41...

Biotechnology got a boost during the 1970s with the discovery of restriction enzymes, which led to the development of a variety of gene technologies; it is thus considered to be the greatest scientific revolution of the 20th century.

Seeing biotechnology as serving a different purpose, as a support for life as it should be lived before God, is particularly important when the question of the genetic modification of future generations of human beings is considered.

Abstract Production agriculture is rapidly adopting plant hybrids derived in part from methods of genetic modification (GM), or biotechnology. Consumers in the US are largely unaware of the prevalence of GM in the food chain, and food processors and regulators are uncertain as to how to communicate the benefits of GM to end users. Simultaneously, the nation is demanding healthier foods, one variety of which promises health benefits beyond basic nutrition, the class of which is often referred to as functional foods. This study reports the results of a state-wide survey of food shoppers' attitud...

This section aims to update readers on decisions related to marketing products of modern biotechnology at EU level and on national measures concerning their production.

The papers chosen for this Special Issue reflect recent developments and embrace novel sensor approaches and embracenovel sensor approaches to understanding organism behaviour and metabolic mechanisms.

This chapter provides information on the in vitro culture, genetic transformation, genome project and sequencing technology, gene identification and characterization, genetic linkage maps and identification of quantitative trait loci (QTL), and molecular markers for crop improvement of pawpaws.

This chapter discusses FDA's Oversight of New Crop Varieties, OECD's Biotech Food Policy, and other international and Supranational Approaches.

This issue of Biotechnology Journal is a regular issue edited by Prof. Michael Wink and covers all the major focus areas of the journal, including medical biotechnology, synthetic biology, and novel biotechnological methods.

The Biotechnology Directory 2001 in Association with nature biotechnology is a directory of companies and institutions involved in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics related to biotechnology from around the world.

The proposed merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene will create a pharmaceutical behemoth with $40 billion in annual revenue and will be the largest one in pharmaceutical sector history.

Microbial Growth Text Culturing Microorganisms Text Bioreactor Configurations Text bioreactor Design Features Text Lyophilization: Growing with Biotechnology Text Shear Effects in Culture Text Energy Input in Bioreactors.

. This paper expounded the global demand for biotechnology industry and the resistance in the development, overall global status of professional talents idle and the causes were also discussed, as well as the paths in Taiwan from all walks of life to promote biotechnology talents into the enterprise and on the efforts of entrepreneurial were analyzed. On this bases, auther analyzed several kinds of current educational reform measures in our country, regarded it was needed to be further in-depth and bold innovation, to serve the community for the purpose, cultivating talents of interdisciplinar...

This article focuses on the emergence, as well as the problems and prospects, of biotechnology education in China.

A guide to important print and electronic sources in Agricultural Biotechnology.

S B Seminar Papers reflect the views of the authors and not necessarily those of ISNAR. They are not official ISNAR publications. Introduction Agriculture in Chile has become an important economic activity, currently contributing 25% of national exports and about 7% of the country's GDP. Until a few years ago, this contribution was much smaller but the boost given by the government to export, favorable agroclimatic conditions and the possibility to market fresh products during the winter months in the northern hemisphere, have been key factors in the development of Chile-an agriculture. Howeve...

This Society of Chemical Industry Biotechnology Group Symposium held on 26 January 1987, at the SCI in London, aimed to review the achievements of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) and consider its role in the future of European biotechnology.

Introduction Legal Framework U.S. Domestic Legislation: Protecting Property Evolution: Litigation and Regulation in the United States Agricultural Biotechnology in Other Countries International Cooperation Social Promise of Agricultural Biotechnology But There Are Those Looming Critics The Philosophy-and-Ethics-of-Risk Problem Agricultural-Sustainability Problem The Farm Problem The Jeremy Rifkin Problem The Coalition Problem Social Impact on Agricultural Biotechnology ...

A robust, commercially-oriented readable book which should be read not only by specialists but  also by entrepreneurs which foresee Biotechnology as the business of tomorrow.

Different causes of the advance of agricultural biotechnology resulting from different mechanism follow different consequences, of which the possible socioeconomic effects should be scrutinized and treated seriously.

The paper investigates the characters of the biotechnology industry locally in preparing the nation towards the national aspiration and finds that Malaysia has the extra advantage over other developed nations that are poor in natural resources.

A method for operating a regulated biotechnological apparatus comprising functional components that are each associated with at least one bioreactor and usable in the operation of the at least two bioreactors and a control device which couples to a first group of function components to give the operation control signals to the first set of functional components.

Advances in agrarian genomics are writing a new page in the history book of science and technology, this article analyses whether and how these advances could be also adding a new page to the work of making poverty history. More specifically, it focuses on the local specific development of biotechnologies and genomics as a catalyst for development within the agrarian systems of peasants. It takes up the challenge to research whether and how these technologies might be sustainably developed (both socially and technically) by multi-stakeholder networks formed mainly by peasants, peasants' groups...

A model to combat desertification and create new arable area by first -based on seaweed biotechnological techniquescreate a special “Ulva-Desert” High-Temperature-Tolerance (HTT)-strain is suggested.

A high proportion of barley and wheat grown in Western Europe and maize in the USA is used as feed for livestock. When used for simple-stomached animals, such as pigs and poultry, the nutritional quality is limited by the low amounts of certain essential amino acids, and it is necessary to supplement the diet with sources of these amino acids for maximum growth. The definitive studies of Fuller et al. (1979a,b) have shown that barley is deficient in lysine, threonine and (marginally) histidine as feed for pigs, and it can be assumed that the same applies to wheat. For maize the limiting amino ...

Polymorphism among the antagonistic biocontrol against Aspergillus niger was studied using molecular techniques like RAPD-PCR and 16S rRNA analysis and reflected the genetic diversity among the antagonists by formation of two clusters.

The second biotechnology essay competition with the theme "biotechnology and sustainable food practices", open to all undergraduate students, is announced.

This issue of Biotechnology Journal is complied with a series of exiting reviews and research articles from spontaneous submissions, addressing society's actual problems and needs.

A revised conceptual model of the biotechnology firm is offered that identifies the gradual melding and the tension between the science and business pathways in relation to the firm’s life cycle.

The article discusses about the National Biotechnology policy and the biotechnology industry in Malaysia. It talks about the incentives and grants that the Malaysian government has for their investors and researchers. It also states the factors why investors should consider Malaysia as a country they can invest in.

Fondee a Morlaix en 2008, Polymaris Biotechnology est une societe specialisee en recherche et developpement dans la biomasse marine. Convaincu du fort potentiel de cette entreprise innovante, le Credit Agricole du Finistere l’accompagne depuis sa creation.

Since the beginning of the 1980’s, Mexico has aspired to develop its research in biotechnologies as a leverage for the country’s development. In spite of Mexico’s biodiversity and public research network potential, Mexican biotechnological research remains too isolated from political institutions and the private sector to evolve easily from fundamental research to applied research and to propose interesting inventions. In addition, the national objectives for development remain unclear when considering the trends of globalization. Under such conditions, biotechnologies have served as instrumen...

It is shown that simple balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows data explains some 70% of the variance in biotech firms' equity market values within a log-linear regression framework.

Based on its own experience, the paper discussed and summarized teaching material selection, teaching time, teaching methods, examination method, out-class practice.

This cutting-edge guide on the fundamentals, theory, and applications of biomechatronic design principles demonstrates how biotechnology and bioengineering design can utilize and benefit from commonly used design tools-- and benefit humanity itself.

The author combines experimental teaching experience of a four-year biotechnology undergraduate major pharmaceutical technology, the teaching contents, teaching methods and means of exploration, have obtained good effect.