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Jun.  2001
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SUSHILA K.CHANG. Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2001, 14(1_2): 32-39.
Citation: SUSHILA K.CHANG. Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2001, 14(1_2): 32-39.

Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments

  • Areas of priority for intensive discovery would be theagbiotechnology and biomedical sectors using gene technology as a platform. The use of genetic manipulation in farming and the use of plants as ‘pharma’ factories to manufacture therapeutics would be on the rise. The human genome will continue to have a powerful impact on research and development of human diseases and healthcare. Discovery of genetics and pharmacogenomics will have great impact on drug development and will allow the prediction of the patient's response to various drugs as well as the onset of individualised or ‘designer drugs’. Human stem cells could have their cellular clocks reset by the cloning process, enhancing opportunities to grow young cells, tissues and organs for an aging population. The cellular clock could also be reset by therapeutic cloning. Bioinformatics would be a technology which would be synonymous with biotechnology. The analyses of biotechnology research would be conducted in silico and would involve the exchange of information among sophisticated computer databases. Applications of biotechnology would be even more evident in environmental technology, food development and food processing. In electronics, the use of the specificity of proteins in biochips is underway. In tandem with the explosions in research, regulatory issues, legislation and intellectual property rights will evolve to enhance the climate of discovery and innovation. Public education will have to be continually enhanced as awareness could negate any fear resulting from novel and innovative improvements from biotechnology.
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Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments

Abstract: Areas of priority for intensive discovery would be theagbiotechnology and biomedical sectors using gene technology as a platform. The use of genetic manipulation in farming and the use of plants as ‘pharma’ factories to manufacture therapeutics would be on the rise. The human genome will continue to have a powerful impact on research and development of human diseases and healthcare. Discovery of genetics and pharmacogenomics will have great impact on drug development and will allow the prediction of the patient's response to various drugs as well as the onset of individualised or ‘designer drugs’. Human stem cells could have their cellular clocks reset by the cloning process, enhancing opportunities to grow young cells, tissues and organs for an aging population. The cellular clock could also be reset by therapeutic cloning. Bioinformatics would be a technology which would be synonymous with biotechnology. The analyses of biotechnology research would be conducted in silico and would involve the exchange of information among sophisticated computer databases. Applications of biotechnology would be even more evident in environmental technology, food development and food processing. In electronics, the use of the specificity of proteins in biochips is underway. In tandem with the explosions in research, regulatory issues, legislation and intellectual property rights will evolve to enhance the climate of discovery and innovation. Public education will have to be continually enhanced as awareness could negate any fear resulting from novel and innovative improvements from biotechnology.

SUSHILA K.CHANG. Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2001, 14(1_2): 32-39.
Citation: SUSHILA K.CHANG. Biotechnology—Updates and New Developments[J]. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 2001, 14(1_2): 32-39.

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