At its simplest,
biotechnology is technology based on biology - biotechnology harnesses cellular and bio molecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. We have used the biological processes of microorganisms for more than 6,000 years to make useful food products, such as bread and cheese, and to preserve dairy products. it the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific us Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering,
biomedical engineering,
bio manufacturing,
molecular engineering, etc.
Biotechnology has applications in four major industrial areas, including health care (medical),
crop production and agriculture, nonfood (industrial) uses of crops and other products (e.g.
biodegradable plastics, vegetable oil,
biofuels), and environmental uses.
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Euro Biotechnology Congress, September 25-27, 2017 at Berlin, Germany;
Global Biotechnology Congress, Oct 9-11, 2017 at Auckland, New Zealand; 15th
International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Medical biotechnology is the use of living cells and cell materials to research and produce
pharmaceutical and diagnostic products that help treat and prevent human diseases. It is also used to modify the activity of proteins by acting on their genes. The
role of biotechnology in medicine has been extensively used in the development of health products and diagnostic tools. The field medical biotechnology keeps growing with new discoveries and products.
Medical biotechnology application is the production of
antibodies for treating various
bacterial infections; these antibodies are produced by using microorganisms. It is also used to modify the activity of proteins by acting on their genes.
Agricultural biotechnology is that the term utilized in crop and stock improvement through biotechnology tools. Biotechnology is outlined as a group of tools that uses living organisms to create or modify a product, improve plants, trees or animals, or develop microorganisms for specific uses and processes have been used in creation of
agricultural biotechnology products. Traditional applications include bread making and the fermentation of fruits and grains to make wine and beer. The new phenomenon of
Agri Biotech is the idea of modernizing agriculture with the improvements of biotechnology process. Scientific breakthroughs, such as the development of biotechnology applications, help facilitate agricultural research. Some of the
green biotechnology examples are
horticulture; tissue cell culture reduced the time required for developing new plant varieties. Also,
gene transfer technologies enabled researchers to tailor crops for specific uses, such as crops that are resistant to disease, pets, or harsh environmental conditions; that are more nutritious; or that improves food processing.
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Global Biotechnology Congress, Oct 9-11, 2017 at Auckland, New Zealand; 15th
International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Environmental biotechnology is a system of scientific and engineering data associated with the utilization of microorganisms and their merchandise within the preservation of
environmental pollution through bio-treatment of solid, liquid and gaseous waste.
Environmental biotechnology applications are the bio degradation of organic matter of municipal wastewater and biodegradation/detoxification of hazardous substances in industrial wastewater. Other application of environmental biotechnology are the prevention of pollution and restoration of water quality in reservoirs, lakes and rivers, costal area, in aquifers of ground-water, and treatment of potable water. The areas of biotechnology also include tests of
toxicity and
pathogenicity,
biosensors, and
biochips to monitor quality of environment, prevent hazardous waste production using biotechnological analogs.
Industrial biotechnology also known as
white biotechnology is the application of nature’s toolset for the production of bio-based chemicals, materials and fuels. A cell may be used to generate carbon dioxide, cells and other molecules. It will use energy to accomplish its industrial purpose and also use some energy to get waste (like acetic acid) rather than desired product. This technology also has beneficial effect on
greenhouse gas emissions and at the same time supports the agricultural sector. Industrial biotechnological processes use fermentation technology for the use of microorganisms to convert basic raw material to wide range of products. The vital goal in Industrial biotechnology is decreasing waste production that is formed during the process. If developed to its full potential, industrial biotechnology may have a larger impact on the world than health care and agricultural biotechnology.
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International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Bio process engineering also known as
bio chemical engineering has usually meant the extension of chemical engineering principles to systems using a biological catalyst to bring about desired chemical transformations. It deals with biological and chemical processes involved in all areas, not just for a particular substrate or species (feedstock or intermediate), outcome or product. It intercepts chemical, mechanical, electrical, environmental, medical, and industrial fields, applying the principles to designing and analysis of processes based on
live cells, sub components of cells, as well as non-living matters. It also deals with both micro scale (cellular/molecular) and large scale (systemwide/industrial) designs and analyses.
Biotechnology of plants is the culture of plant cells or tissues and organs in artificial media. Every living cell of a plant should contain all the genes the plant has and thus has the capacity to grow back to a full plant (i.e.) called cell
totipotency. Some examples of the current applications in agriculture are
micro propagation,
somatic embryogenesis, virus and pathogen elimination,
embryo rescue, storage and plant modification by somatic clonal variation and
genetic engineering. Plants provide us with many pharmaceuticals and industrial compounds. As our population grows, our needs also grow. To increase the quantity of crop production as well as to produce specific characteristics in plants, biotechnologists are using selective
gene techniques. The two major methods of propagation are:
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Molecular engineering is property directed synthesis of large molecules and molecular assemblies. At present the development in this field of superamolecular chemistry is rapid. The other aspect of molecular engineering is the transition from superamolecular to materials. This is very active scientific field emerging and it will be most important in future. It could lead to great advances in
computational devices and in the ability to manipulate biological materials and development of the ability to design protein molecules will open a path to the fabrication of devices to complex atomic specifications, thus sidestepping obstacles facing conventional micro technology.
Molecular Entomology is a branch of
molecular biology, the study of various aspects of Insect Science and its application to research and development in plant, human, animal and environment health.
Enzyme engineering involves immobilized or stabilized enzymes, new classes of enzymes (
ribozymes) or new enzymatic routes that produce important organic compounds.
Enzymes are biological catalysts (
proteins) poised to replace inorganic catalysts, which are used in chemical industry. Proteins are abundant biological entities made up of twenty amino acids strung together by a special type of thread- a chemical bond called the
peptide bond. One protein differs from another in the total number of amino acids and their sequence in the chain. Enzymes are Nature’s
catalysts, tremendously accelerating the rates of a wide range of biochemical reactions, often with exquisite specificity. Harnessing enzymes for other purposes usually requires engineering them to improve their activity or stability. One approach to engineering enzymes is to make specific modifications, but this demands a detailed and frequently unattainable understanding of the relationship between sequence and function.
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Food biotechnology uses plant cells for the production of food flavor and colors, these cells are used in
immobilized form and are also used for the production of food additives and supplements.
Food technology (national diploma) is the scientific study of the large-scale production and preservation of foods as well as the development and analysis of foodstuffs in industrial food processing facilities. Food producers can use new biotechnology to produce new products with desirable characteristics. These include characteristics such as disease and
drought-resistant plants, leaner meat and
enhanced flavor and nutritional quality of foods. This technology has also been used to develop life-saving vaccines, insulin, cancer treatment and other pharmaceuticals to improve quality of life. The application of biotechnology in the food sciences has led to an increase in food production and enhanced the quality and safety of food. Food biotechnology is a dynamic field and the continual progress and advances have not only dealt effectively with issues related to food security but also augmented the nutritional and health aspects of food.
Marine biotechnology is also defined as industrial use of living organisms or
biological techniques developed through basic research. It is also an innovative field of research in science and technology concerning the support of living organisms with marine products and tools. Molecular biology is playing a major role in marine biotechnology for an understanding of genome level. The knowledge of
metabolic pathways and their genomics is the novel way to understand the mechanism behind the production of the compounds. Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the sea or other marine bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and
genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather than on
taxonomy.
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Nano biotechnology is that branch of
nanotechnology that deals with biological and biochemical applications or uses. Nano biotechnology often studies existing elements of living organisms and nature to fabricate new
Nano-devices. Generally, Nano biotechnology refers to the use of nanotechnology to further the goals of biotechnology. Some of the innovative challenges in the field of biology are:
New molecular imaging techniques, Quantitative analytical tools, Physical model of the cell as a machine, Better ex-vivo tests and improvement in current laboratory techniques and better drug delivery systems. The Unit is also developing
nanoparticle/
drug conjugates with the aim of producing targeted drug delivery systems for the treatment of diabetes, HIV and cancer.
Stem cells are defined as having the capacity of self-renew and ability to generate differentiated cells. The origin of these stem cells is from
Embryonic Stem (ES) cells. More explicitly, stem cells can generate daughter cells identical to their mother (
self-renewal), as well as produce progeny with more restricted potential (
differentiated cells) and also stem cells include its replication capacity and potency. The degree of differentiation of stem cells to various other tissue types varies with different types of stem cells and this is called as
Plasticity. Plasticity can range different forms like
Pluripotency,
Multipotency,
Totipotency,
Unipotency.
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Tissue engineering /
regenerative drugs is emerging multidisciplinary field involving biology, medicine, and engineering that's possible to revolutionize the ways that we have a tendency to improve the health and quality of life for voluminous individuals worldwide by restoring, maintaining, or enhancing tissue and organ function. Additionally the therapeutic application, wherever the tissue is either mature in an exceedingly patient or outside the patient and
transplanted, tissue engineering will have diagnostic applications wherever the tissue is created in vitro and used for testing drug metabolism and uptake,
toxicity, and
pathogenicity.
Animal biotechnology provides the basis of studying the regulation of
cell proliferation, differentiation and product formation in controlled conditions. This animal biotechnology is used to rapidly multiply animals’ desired
genotypes or to introduce specific alterations in their genotypes to achieve useful goals. Animals are often used to help us understand how new drugs will work and whether or not they'll be safe for humans and effective in treating disease. Animal biotechnology now a days based on science of genetic engineering, it existing in other technologies such as
transgenic and
cloning that are used in animal biotechnology.
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International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Algal biotechnology is a technology developed using algae. The objective of the Micro algal Biotechnology Group is to further the understanding of the ecology of
microalgae. This will assist with the development of commercial-scale micro algal culturing techniques for the production of
bioactive compounds,
aquaculture feed,
fine chemicals, and
renewable fuels. Additionally, environmental applications such as CO2 bioremediation, control of excessive algal growth and development of management strategies for water supply managers are investigated.
Transgenesis in algae is a complex and fast-growing technology.
Fermentation technology is the process of growing microorganisms in large scale and used to produce commercial products or carry out important chemical transformations.
Fermentation also results in the production of energy in the form of
ATP molecules. There are five major groups of commercially important fermentation, those that produce microbial cells (or
biomass), microbial enzymes,
microbial metabolites, recombinant products and those modify compounds (i.e.) transformation process. Fermentation is the process developed for manufacturing vast range of materials from chemically simple feedstock, such as ethanol to highly complex proteins. Fermentation technology has contributed much to the well-being and wealth of human populations over millennia; it will continue to do an even greater extent in future.
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International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Pharmaceutical biotechnology is defined as a science covering all technologies required for the production, manufacturing, and registration of biotechnological drugs. They can deal with targets in humans that are not accessible with
traditional medicines. It is a multidisciplinary scientific field undergoing an explosive development. Advances in the understanding of molecular principles and the existence of many regulatory proteins have established biotechnological or
therapeutic proteins as promising drugs in medicine and
pharmacy. Specific therapeutic proteins can be synthesized in non-biological ways, and
recombinant proteins can be isolated from complex mixtures in commercially viable processes. More recent developments in biomedical research highlight the potential of nucleic acids in gene therapy and antisense
RNAi technology that may become a medical reality in the future.
Proteomics is the study of
proteome, the protein complement of genome.
Genomics is the study of
genome, which describes the entire collection of genes in in organism. There is development of user-friendly browser based
bioinformatics tools to extract information about all the possible genomes for specific nucleic acid or protein sequences in seconds. Functional proteomics is the study of protein expression in living systems, considered in a functional context. This allows us to better understand how protein networks become dysfunctional, which in turn enables the manipulation of protein functions and
cellular phenotypes through the use of drug treatment, or genetic or environmental intervention
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Global Biotechnology Congress, Oct 9-11, 2017 at Auckland, New Zealand; 15th
International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.
Bio economy, bio based economy refers to all economic activity derived from scientific and research activity focused on biotechnology. In other words, understanding mechanisms and processes at the genetic and molecular levels and applying this understanding to creating or improving industrial processes. The term is widely used by regional
development agencies,
international organizations, and
biotechnology companies. It is closely linked to the evolution of the biotechnology industry. The ability to study, understand and manipulate genetic material has been possible due to scientific breakthroughs and technological progress.
Bioethics is the application of ethics to the field of medicine and healthcare. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy, practice, and research. The Term “bioethics” was first coined in 1971 (some say by University of Wisconsin professor Van Rensselaer Potter; others, by fellows of the Kennedy Institute in Washington, D.C.), it may have signified merely the combination of biology and bioscience with humanistic knowledge.
Bioethics is the study of the typically controversial ethical issues emerging from new situations and possibilities brought about by advances in biology and medicine. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among
life sciences,
biotechnology,
medicine, politics, law, and
philosophy. It also includes the study of the more commonplace questions of values ("the ethics of the ordinary") which arise in primary care and other branches of medicine. The scope of bioethics can expand with biotechnology, consisting of cloning,
gene therapy, life extension,
human genetic engineering, astroethics and life in area, and manipulation of fundamental biology thru altered XNA, RNA and proteins.
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Biotech Industries Meet, March 20-22, 2017 at Rome, Italy;
Biotechnology 2017, August 21-23, 2017 at Chicago, USA; 17th
Euro Biotechnology Congress, September 25-27, 2017 at Berlin, Germany;
Global Biotechnology Congress, Oct 9-11, 2017 at Auckland, New Zealand; 15th
International Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology Conference, June 21-23, 2017 at London, UK.