Biotech Field Facing Uncertainty, Yet Poised For Progress

If anyone is looking for the definitive definition (if you will) of biotechnology, an inquiry to Professor Google quickly reveals the following:

“Biotechnology is the use of biology to solve problems and make useful products. The most prominent area of biotechnology is the production of therapeutic proteins and other drugs through genetic engineering.” That’s according to Brittanica.

Next up, Professor Google also offered Merriam-Webster’s take, calling it, “The manipulation (as through genetic engineering) of living organisms or their components to produce useful, usually commercial products (such as pest resistant crops, new bacterial strains or novel pharmaceuticals).” It also noted “any of various applications of biological science used in such manipulation.”

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