Biotechnology

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003337",
  "term": "Biotechnology",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Techniques that use living organisms or parts of organisms to produce a variety of products (from medicines to industrial enzymes) to improve plants or animals or to develop microorganisms to remove toxics from bodies of water, or act as pesticides.\n\n2. The set of biological techniques developed through basic research and now applied to research and product development. In particular, biotechnology refers to the use by industry of recombinant DNA, cell fusion, and new bioprocessing techniques.\n\n3. The industrial use of living organisms or biological methods derived through basic research; examples range from genetic engineering to making cheese or bread.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Env; Terms of Environment",
    "EPA Potential Implications of Genomics for Regulatory and Risk Assessment Applications at EPA (Glossary): EPA Science Policy Council at http://www.epa.gov/osa/pdfs/EPA-Genomics-White-Paper.pdf. Quotation from U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome Project Information, Genome Glossary",
    "NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/biotechnology/"
}