Biotechnology - technology that uses living organisms to make products - could soon allow us to conjure up products as diverse as household cleaning products, organs for transplant and cleaner renewable fuels.
Biotechnology’s reach extends beyond the generation of life saving treatments to provide innovations that address critical planetary challenges. Alternative forms of biotechnology are responsible for often subtle yet transformative contributions to our daily lives. Biotechnology beyond medicine is actively helping us to achieve the SDGs in an inconspicuous yet powerful fashion at a time when ...
Modern molecular biotechnology, or the application of our knowledge of the genome to engineer organisms with beneficial traits, enables new solutions to today’s challenges. Today, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which adds the tools of molecular biotechnology to humanity’s toolbox, promises similar improvements in wellbeing as those that were delivered by previous technological ...
Current global food systems cannot provide a sustainable, healthy diet for the world’s growing population. Our dietary preferences for livestock-based food contributes to huge greenhouse gas emissions. Biotechnology can deliver sustainable solutions by transforming the food and agricultural sector.
The industrial application of biotechnology to produce a huge variety of products – ranging from food ingredients to speciality chemicals and advanced biomaterials – could accelerate the transition to a more resource-efficient, resilient global economy. It’s estimated that up to 60% of the physical inputs to the global economy could, in principle, be produced biologically, offering a ...
Biotechnology could mitigate humans' impact on the planet through large-scale bio-based interventions aimed at restoring former environmental balances and creating new ones.
Storytelling techniques could help biotechnology companies to drive home the meaning of what they’re trying to do – and the achievements they're making.
