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Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology of Growth Hormones

In its modern conception, biotechnology is the use of genetic engineering techniques to manipulate microorganisms, plants, and animals in order to produce commercial products and processes that benefit man. These techniques, which are the backbone of the biotechnological revolution that began in the mid 1970s, have permitted the isolation and manipulation of specific genes and the development o...

Biotechnology - Genetic Engineering and Wool Production

Biotechnology can be broadly defined as the application of scientific procedures to processes that use living organisms or genetic material derived from them to develop innovative products. This definition covers a broad spectrum of genetic manipulations. A refined definition is that for genetic engineering which describes the introduction of genes into organisms by direct transfer of DNA inclu...

Genetic Engineering Biotechnology - Challenges and Opportunities May99

Thank you very much for inviting me to speak here. I am indeed very honoured. Earlier this month, I attended a Seminar on Biodiversity Law organised by high court judges and legal consultants in Brasilia. They expected 50 to 100. In the event 1200 turned up. The seminar happens to coincide with a series of battles over field trials and commercial approval of Monsanto's transgenic soya by the he...

Biosafety Issues in Biotechnology and Engineering of Microorganisms

Currently much debate, attention and concern surrounds the use of genetically modified plants or animals. But there has not been much concern about microorganisms, although we all are aware of the place of microorganisms in the circle of life, their abundance and diversity. There are many examples regarding the application of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs), however, like other hig...

Special Issue: Progress in Membrane Engineering for Food and Biotechnology Industries