Overview
● Technology created based on biological information
● Not one kind of technology that focuses on one thing
● Used In many different fields
○ Medicine
○ Industries/ Production
○ Agriculture
Agriculture
● Improve crops
○ Durability
○ Production Rate
○ Withstanding Climate Change
● Modify genes and incorporate in crops
Medicine
- Vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Gene therapy
- Drugs (pharmaceuticals)
Gene therapy: modify genes
→ correct genetic defects
→ prevent or cure diseases
Biofuel
→Sustainable, low-cost, high-yield
→Less negative environmental effects
Created using:
- Waste
, - Oils
- Fats
- Chemical and biological knowledge
Important Features
Five branches:
- Medical (health care)
- Industrial
- Environmental
- Plant
- Animal
● Technology created based on biological information
● Not one kind of technology that focuses on one thing
● Used In many different fields
○ Medicine
○ Industries/ Production
○ Agriculture
Agriculture
● Improve crops
○ Durability
○ Production Rate
○ Withstanding Climate Change
● Modify genes and incorporate in crops
Medicine
- Vaccines
- Antibiotics
- Gene therapy
- Drugs (pharmaceuticals)
Gene therapy: modify genes
→ correct genetic defects
→ prevent or cure diseases
Biofuel
→Sustainable, low-cost, high-yield
→Less negative environmental effects
Created using:
- Waste
, - Oils
- Fats
- Chemical and biological knowledge
Important Features
Five branches:
- Medical (health care)
- Industrial
- Environmental
- Plant
- Animal
