lesson 1: biotechnology and its history · 2016. 3. 7. · content and language integrated learning...
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CONTENTandLANGUAGEINTEGRATEDLEARNING
LESSON1:BiotechnologyanditsHistoryØ TeachingbySimonaCasarosaØ SummarybyJonathanEzioOlandi
Defini4onTheterm“biotechnology”referstoanytechnology,processorpracFcethatmodifiesorharnesseslivingorganismsorsystemsforhumanpurposes.HistoryBiotechnologieshavebeenusedforthousandsofyearsinagricultureandmedicineandonlyrecentlyhaveexpandedtomanydifferentfieldssuchasbioengineering,biomanufacturingandbiomedicalengineering.
TheearliestbiotechnologistswerefarmerswhousedselecFvebreedingtoimprovetheircropsandlivestock.
5000BCto1500ADAgricultureisabiotechnologyinitselfandhasevolvedoverthousandsofyears.
4000BCFoodpreparaFonisalsoanimportantpracFcethatimplementsbiotechnology.ForexampletheuseofyeaststobrewbeerwasfirstemployedbytheancientEgypFans.Early1900s
VaccinaFonsandanFbioFcsaregoodexamplesofbiotechnologyappliedtomedicine
BiotechnologyToday!Nowadays,biotechisahighlymulFdisciplinaryfieldwithaninfinitenumberofapplicaFons.Itemploysmanydifferentdisciplines,suchasmolecularbiologyandgeneFcs,notonlyforresearchbutalsotocreateawiderangeofcommercialproducts.ThishasmadebiotechnologyveryaRracFveevenatanindustriallevelandfavoureditsincrediblyfastdevelopment.
AfewofthescienFficdisciplinesemployedinbiotechnology
Commercialproducts
MarineandaquaFcapplicaFons
AgriculturalapplicaFons
IndustrialapplicaFons
MedicalapplicaFons
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