So Just What is Biotechnology?? |
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| View BioTrek's "Biotechnology: Tools for Genetic Ingenuity Poster" to find out more! Includes over 30 full color graphics showing the tools and uses of Biotechnology. | |||
| Defined broadly, biotechnology is the use of a living organism to make a product or run a process. Narrower definitions often limit biotechnology to genetic engineering and recombinant DNA technology. The root words are ancient Greek: | |||
| Bios: "life" | |||
| Technikos: "skillfully made," or "tool" | |||
| Logos: "study of," "word," or "essence of " | |||
| Biotechnology : "the study of living tools" -- used in agriculture, food processing, industrial production, environmental cleanup and medicine. | |||
University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center