We humans have been harnessing biological processes to make life a little sweeter ever since the first developments in agriculture...

The euphoria of graduation day has worn off You have done it – finished up that degree, made your family proud, and now it is time to strike out on your own...

Last week, twenty United Agencies (UN) agencies met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to explore how they can help the New Partnership for African Development (Nepad) achieve its objectives...

The UN convention on Biological Diversity has defined Biotechnology as "’Biotechnology’ means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use”...

Two Indian scientists, in an article in the Journal of Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, report that there is increasing interest in the scientific community to develop coffee with better pest and disease resistance...

One of the fastest growing research areas in the world is Biotechnology as we know it The basic idea behind biotechnology is using living things to create products rather than the other way around...

Biotechnology is defined as the manipulation of organisms to do practical things and provide useful products...

The UN Convention on Biological Diversity states, “Biotechnology is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use”...

Taking up a job in biotechnology means involving oneself in the development of new products and processes for the good of mankind and quality of life...

Agricultural biotechnology is any technique in which living organisms, or parts of organisms are altered to make or modify agricultural products, to improve crops, or develop microbes for specific uses in agricultural processes...

One of the reasons why Africa and other poor regions of the world trail in crop biotechnology is lack of collaboration and coordination among scientists...