In addition to being used in health care, biotechnology has proved helpful in refining industrial processes through the discovery and production of biological enzymes that spark chemical reactions (catalysts); for environmental cleanup, with enzymes that digest contaminants into harmless chemicals and then die after .
Biotech offers the possibility of improving and making more sustainable human health, the environment, agriculture, and modes of production..
The core principle of biotechnology involves harnessing biological systems and organisms, such as bacteria, yeast, and plants, to perform specific tasks or produce valuable substances.
Biotechnology had a significant impact on many areas of society, from medicine to agriculture to environmental science..
Considering the three fields of biotechnology – medical, agricultural and industrial – the big change nowadays is represented by a more sophisticated healthcare system, an agricultural sector that produces enough food and of higher nutritional value, and the sustainable production of materials and chemicals..
Genetics and biotechnology promise a future of unprecedented health and longevity:
"From Controversy to Cure:
In 1978, Sharp and Harvard University biochemist Wally Gilbert founded Biogen, a company using the new field of recombinant DNA to develop treatments for diseases that include:
Earlier this year, a feature-length documentary called Human Nature premiered at SXSW, featuring interviews with the brightest stars and most contentious figures in the Crisprati.
Directed by Adam Bolt and coproduced by Dan Rather, Human Nature is being released in theaters in Canada this fall.
