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LESSON1:BiotechnologyanditsHistoryØ  TeachingbySimonaCasarosaØ  SummarybyJonathanEzioOlandi

Defini4onTheterm“biotechnology”referstoanytechnology,processorpracFcethatmodifiesorharnesseslivingorganismsorsystemsforhumanpurposes.HistoryBiotechnologieshavebeenusedforthousandsofyearsinagricultureandmedicineandonlyrecentlyhaveexpandedtomanydifferentfieldssuchasbioengineering,biomanufacturingandbiomedicalengineering.

TheearliestbiotechnologistswerefarmerswhousedselecFvebreedingtoimprovetheircropsandlivestock.

5000BCto1500ADAgricultureisabiotechnologyinitselfandhasevolvedoverthousandsofyears.

4000BCFoodpreparaFonisalsoanimportantpracFcethatimplementsbiotechnology.ForexampletheuseofyeaststobrewbeerwasfirstemployedbytheancientEgypFans.Early1900s

VaccinaFonsandanFbioFcsaregoodexamplesofbiotechnologyappliedtomedicine

BiotechnologyToday!Nowadays,biotechisahighlymulFdisciplinaryfieldwithaninfinitenumberofapplicaFons.Itemploysmanydifferentdisciplines,suchasmolecularbiologyandgeneFcs,notonlyforresearchbutalsotocreateawiderangeofcommercialproducts.ThishasmadebiotechnologyveryaRracFveevenatanindustriallevelandfavoureditsincrediblyfastdevelopment.

AfewofthescienFficdisciplinesemployedinbiotechnology

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