Our comments on this CBAC interim report are based on nearly 20 years of research on biotechnology. The Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP) first began investigating biotechnology regulation in 1984, when we organized the first conference in Canada on environmental issues regarding biotechnology. At that time we identified the need for a comprehensive policy framework f...

The term "metabolomics" refers to high-throughput methods for detecting various metabolites and small molecules in biological samples. Undirected metabolomics, also known as unbiased global metabolome analysis, can be used discover key variables or measurements of human health illness. From this vantage point, it is investigated how artificial intelligence machine learning enable significant ad...

the extraordinary revolution in biotechnology has created new possibilities for curing disease and manipulating our genetic heritage. it is easy to see how biotechnology can be used for medicinal purposes. knowledge of the genetic makeup of our species, the genetic basis of heritable diseases, and the invention of technology to manipulate and fix mutant genes provides methods to treat the disea...

a 51 hour (3 credit) lecture course entitled pharmaceutical biotechnology is outlined which details the biochemistry and biotechnology of biological drug products. it is designed to equip students undertaking pharmacy program with an understanding of concepts, both academic and applied, directly relevant to working in the biotechnological products sector. in addition to the course, a bank of re...

The main theme of this paper is to take inspiration from methods used in computer science and related disciplines, and to apply these to develop improved biotechnology. In particular, our proposed improvements are made by adapting various information theoretic coding techniques which originate in computational and information processing disciplines, but which we re-tailor to work in the biotech...

T he terms biotechnology and biopharmaceutical describe many complex and important products, technologies, R&D, and industries. Most people, particularly those within the industry, presume that a biopharmaceutical involves biotechnology, but this connection is often ignored or rejected. That causes problems in communication and public perception. This article examines biopharmaceutical terminol...

Three distinct fields of gene manipulated biotechnology have so far been economically exploited: medical biotechnology, plant biotechnology and industrial biotechnology. This article analyzes the economic evolution and its drivers in the three fields over the past decades, highlighting strong divergences. Product and market characteristics, affecting firms' financing options, are shown to be im...