biotech
noun[U]
uk/ˈbaɪ.əʊ.tek/us/ˈbaɪ.oʊ.tek/abbreviationforbiotechnology:technologyorindustrialprocessesusinglivingthings such ascellsandbacteria,especiallyinordertoproducemedicaltreatments:
In biotech,companiesusinggeneticresearchtocreatenewpharmaceuticalsandtreatmentsare thebigstoryrightnow.
theemerginggrowthsectorsof cleantech and biotech
They are asmallbiotechcompany,founded10yearsago to take on theglobalproblemoftuberculosis.
- Venturecapitalistsareincreasingtheirinvestmentsinsecurityand biotech.
- The US biotechfirmis one of themanufacturersofbetainterferon.
- The UK biotechgroupspecializesincancerandcriticalcaretreatments.
- Chinaisspendingbillionsofdollarson new biotechresearch.
- Theywantedtoapplytheirskillsto aworthycausedevelopingbiotechtreatmentsforneglecteddiseasesindevelopingcountries.
Cells
- anaphase
- anti-platelet
- assort
- bipolar
- blastocoel
- erythrocyte
- germ cell
- haemoglobin
- homologous chromosomes
- infiltration
- intercellular
- intermitotic
- internuclear
- meiosis
- mitosis
- protoplasmic
- ribosomal
- ribosome
- sensory neuron
- sickle cell
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Genetics
Immunology & vaccination
Medical places & organizations