Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that combines biology, chemistry, engineering, and technology to develop products and processes using living organisms, cells, or their components. It ...

The National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) and the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) held ...

Biotechnology has been in use by humans for over 10,000 years. Ancient bioscience incorporated processes like fermentation and cross breeding, while contemporary biotech could design an altogether new ...

Environmental biotechnology encompasses the integrated use of biological systems and processes to serve environmental protection, restoration and sustainable resource management. This field harnesses ...

Different industries have different motivations to probe the enormous resource that is uncultivated microbial diversity. Currently, there is a global political drive to promote white (industrial) ...

Microbes are present almost everywhere. They play a vital role in cycling carbon, release important compounds, and may be associated with infectious diseases. Metagenomics is the culture-independent ...

MANILA, Philippines—To enable Filipinos to better understand and appreciate the use of biotechnology, different government agencies have set a series of activities for this year’s celebration of ...

Cell culture is a fundamental technique in biotechnology and life sciences that involves growing and maintaining living cells outside their natural environment, typically in a controlled laboratory ...

Nairobi — The Kenyan government has approved its policy on how biotechnology is handled in research, development, and in its application. The National Biotechnology Development Policy 2006 approved by ...