Biotechnology in Silkworm

ethics in biotechnology

the most modern techniques in biotechnology owe their existence to the discovery of dna cloning and the genetic manipulation of organisms. however biotechnology is not new science in fact, many applications represent old practices with new methodologies. human have been used organisms for their benefit in many processes for several thousand years. therefore, one way of thinking about biotechnol...

Silkworm genetics

Biosafety Issues in Biotechnology and Engineering of Microorganisms

Currently much debate, attention and concern surrounds the use of genetically modified plants or animals. But there has not been much concern about microorganisms, although we all are aware of the place of microorganisms in the circle of life, their abundance and diversity. There are many examples regarding the application of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs), however, like other hig...

Announcement of a Session on “Microbial and Food Biotechnology” Held in Iran during “4th International Biotechnology Congress”

This article has no abstract. DOI: 10.18502/jfqhc.8.2.6467

Relevance of technological innovation and entrepreneurship to biotechnology in Iran

One of the latest and most controversial areas of science is biotechnology. Genetic engineering concerns with the manipulation of DNA molecules to modify plants, animals and other creatures. Scientists are now able to isolate a gene or genome in an animal or plant to another one, based on the traits they want to transfer. The movement of a gene from a living creature to another one is called th...