Biotechnology Biotechnology The Abolitionist Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of sentient suffering by means of some fundamental restructuring of the brain. This is to be accomplished by means of research in biological fields such as neuroscience and genetic engineering. The society was founded in 2002 by Jaime Savage, David Pearce, Pablo Stafforini, and Sean Henderson. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abolitionist Society"
Affymetrix was founded by Stephen P.A. Fodor, Ph.D. and others in the late 1980s with the revolutionary idea to use semiconductor manufacturing techniques to create GeneChips (an Affymetrix trademark) or generically DNA microarrays. The company has an impressive patent portfolio in this area. Affymetrix was originally a division of Affymax. ...more on Wikipedia about "Affymetrix"
Agrobacterium is a genus of bacteria that cause tumors in plants. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the most commonly studied species in this genus. Agrobacterium is well known for its ability to transfer DNA between itself and plants, and for this reason it has become an important tool for plant improvement by genetic engineering. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agrobacterium"
The Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA was an influential conference discussing the regulation of biotechnology held in February 1975 at a conference center Asilomar State Beach. A group of around 140 professionals (primarily biologists, but also including lawyers and physicians) participated in the conference to draw up voluntary guidelines to ensure the safety of recombinant DNA technology. It is generally considered an important event in the history of biotechnology and the regulation of science and technology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA"
Bacterial conjugation is the transfer of genetic material between bacteria through cell-to-cell contact (as opposed to transformation or transfection). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bacterial conjugation"
Bio21 is a research centre at the University of Melbourne, Australia. It is located on Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria. The centre focusses on the study of pure and applied biotechnological sciences. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bio21 Research Centre, University of Melbourne"
Bioaugmentation refers to the introduction of a group of natural microbial strain or a genetically engineered variant so as to achieve bioremediation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioaugmentation"
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The development of biochips is a major thrust of the rapidly growing biotechnology industry, which encompasses a very diverse range of ...more on Wikipedia about "Biochip"
Bioleaching is the extraction of specific metals from their ores through the use of bacteria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioleaching"
Biological Innovation for Open Society (also reffered to as BiOS) is an open-source initiative in biotechnology aiming to apply open license for biological innovation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biological Innovation for Open Society"
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. The name originates from the Greek bios for "living" and the Latin lumen "light". Bioluminescence may be generated by symbiotic organisms carried within a larger organism. It is generated by an enzyme-catalyzed chemoluminescence reaction, wherein a luciferin (a kind of pigment) is oxidised by a luciferase (a kind of enzyme). Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is involved in most instances. The chemical reaction can be either external to cells, or an intracellular process. The expression of genes related to bioluminescence in bacteria is controlled by an operon called lux operon. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioluminescence"
Bioremediation can be defined as any process that uses microorganisms or their enzymes to return the environment altered by contaminants to its original condition. Bioremediation may be employed in order to attack specific contaminants, such as chlorinated pesticides that are degraded by bacteria, or a more general approach may be taken, such as oil spills that are broken down by the use of multiple techniques including the addition of nitrate and sulfate fertilizer to facilitate the decomposition of crude oil by indigenous or exogenous bacteria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioremediation"
Biorobotics is a term that loosely covers the fields of cybernetics, bionics and even genetic engineering as a collective study. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biorobotics"
A bioship is a type of spacecraft described in science fiction. Bioships differ from most spacecraft in that they are predominantly or totally composed of organic or biological components, rather than being constructed from metal or artificial materials. Because of this, they nearly always have a distinctively 'organic' look. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioship"
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Biosteel is a type of alloy that is resistant to biological corrosion. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biosteel"
Biostimulation involves the modification of the environment to stimulate existing bacteria capable of bioremediation. This can be done by addition of various forms of limiting nutrients, such as phosphorus, nitrogen, or carbon (e.g. in the form of molasses). Additives are usually added to the subsurface through injection wells, although injection well technology for biostimulation purposes is still emerging. Removal of the contaminated material is also an option, albeit and expensive one. Biostimulation is an alternative to bioaugmentation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biostimulation"
Biotechnology is a technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Biotechnology"
Cognotechnology is an emerging field that is technology applied to the cognitive domain, and is the result of a convergence of nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology, according to Gerald Yonas, vice president and principal scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico ( US Department of Energy). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cognotechnology"
The term cyborg, a portmanteau of cybernetic organism, is used to designate an organism which is a mixture of organic and mechanical ( synthetic) parts. Generally, the aim is to add to or enhance the abilities of an organism by using technology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cyborg"
Electroporation, or electropermeabilization, is a significant increase in the electrical conductivity and permeability of the cell plasma membrane caused by externally applied electrical field. It is usually used in molecular biology as a way of introducing some substance inside the cell, such as loading it with a molecular probe, a drug that can change cell's function, or a piece of coding DNA. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electroporation"
Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation. The International Society of Environmental Biotechnology defines environmental biotechnology as "the development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments ( land, air, water), and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development)". ...more on Wikipedia about "Environmental biotechnology" Inform your friends about shortopedia shortopedia
Genetic engineering, genetic modification (GM), and the now-deprecated gene splicing are terms for the process of manipulating genes, usually outside the organism's normal reproductive process. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetic engineering"
A genetically modified food is a food product derived in whole or part from a genetically modified organism (GMO) such as a crop plant, animal or microbe such as yeast. Genetically modified foods have been available since the 1990s. The principal ingredients of GM foods currently available are derived from genetically modified soybean, maize and canola. ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetically modified food"
A genetically modified organism, or GMO is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using techniques in genetics generally known as " recombinant DNA technology". Recombinant DNA technology is the ability to combine DNA molecules from different sources into the one molecule in a test tube. The first GMO was created in 1973 by Stanley N. Cohen and Herbert Boyer ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Genetically modified organism"
Germinal choice technology refers to a set of technologies that currently or that are expected to in the future allow parents to influence the genetic constitutions of their children. This could be done through genetic screening of blastocysts (early embryos), or through germline engineering, which refers to genetic engineering used to alter genes in the first cells of the blastocyst. ...more on Wikipedia about "Germinal choice technology"
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