biotechnology

Table of Contents

References & Edit History Related Topics

Images

Recombinant DNA

Genetically modified organisms

For Students

biotechnology summary

Read Next

cloning. First cloned cat. First cloned companion animal. CC (copy cat) female domestic shorthair cat (b. Dec. 22, 2001) photo Jan. 18, 2002. Cloned at Texas A&M Univ. College of Vet. Med. & Biomedical Sciences. Reproductive cloning genetics DNA cc cat

CC, The First Cloned Cat

Sergeant Stubby or also known as Mascot Stubby. Unofficial mascot dog of the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the United States with the 26th (Yankee) Division in World War I. War dog. Possibly a Boston terrier - also sometimes described as a Boston bull terrier

8 Famous Animals

Lab mouse using an optogenetics device

Optogenetics: Controlling the Brain with Light

Discover

Plato (left) and Aristotle, detail from School of Athens, fresco by Raphael, 1508-11; in the Stanza della Segnatura, the Vatican. Plato points to the heavens and the realm of Forms, Aristotle to the earth and the realm of things.

Plato and Aristotle: How Do They Differ?

Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece

Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden

7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

biotechnology: Related Content

Written and fact-checked by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

Recombinant DNA

Genetically modified organisms

See All Images →

Topics

cloning de-extinction neurotechnology viral vector optogenetics genetic engineering nuclear transfer tissue engineering biochip biomaterials materials science medicine information processing drug energy conversion nanotechnology surveying weather modification measurement engineering

Key People

Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy

American businessman and politician

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Indian businesswoman

Michael Smith

Canadian chemist

Kary B. Mullis

Kary Mullis

American chemist

Georges J.F. Köhler

German immunologist

Francis Fukuyama

Francis Fukuyama

American writer and political theorist