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MEDICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY [1 record]

Record 1 2012-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biotechnology
CONT

Healthcare biotechnology refers to a medicinal or diagnostic product or a vaccine that consists of, or has been produced in, living organisms and may be manufactured via recombinant technology.

CONT

Healthcare biotech is colour-coded red (from the red blood cells) and includes the biosynthetic production of medicines and vaccines, stem-cell research, DNA sequencing, and more.

Key term(s)
  • health-care biotechnology
  • health care biotech
  • health-care biotech

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

La biotech rouge concerne les procédés médicaux comme la conception d'organismes pour produire des antibiotiques ou le développement de thérapies géniques à travers les manipulations du génome (matériel génétique d'une espèce).

CONT

Les biotechnologies rouges concernent les domaines de la santé, du médicament, du diagnostic, de l’ingénierie tissulaire ainsi que le développement de procédés génétiques ou moléculaires ayant une finalité thérapeutique.

Spanish

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