Biotechnology timeline: Humans have manipulated genes since the 'dawn of civilization'
Story Date: 2/16/2018

 

Source: GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 7/18/18


Historically, biotech has been primarily associated with food, addressing such issues as malnutrition and famine.
Today, biotechnology is most often associated with the development of drugs. But drugs are hardly the future of biotech. We’ve entered the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and genetics are on a new level. Biotech is paving a way for a future open to imagination, and that’s kind of scary.

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