Biotechnology
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Body of knowledge related to the use of organisms, cells or cell-derived constituents for the purpose of developing products which are technically, scientifically and clinically useful. Alteration of biologic function at the molecular level (i.e., GENETIC ENGINEERING) is a central focus; laboratory methods used include TRANSFECTION and CLONING technologies, sequence and structure analysis algorithms, computer DATABASES, and gene and protein structure function analysis and prediction. |
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SPEC: SPEC qualif; DF: BIOTECHNOL |
Biotechnology Categories.
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Biomimetics - An interdisciplinary field in materials science, ENGINEERING, and BIOLOGY, studying the use of biological principles for synthesis or fabrication of BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS. |
Biotechnology Definitions and Terms
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