How to Use biotechnology in a Sentence

biotechnology

noun
  • Moreover, biotechnology is a frontier in which the U.S. has a formidable lead.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes, 1 June 2021
  • Despite the wariness cultivated by fictional horror stories, biotechnology is simply one more tool in this earnest race against extinction.
    Paul Robbins, Scientific American, 15 June 2021
  • By the 1980s vaccine production stood on the cusp of change helped by the emergence of biotechnology.
    Lara Marks, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Yancey, who now works for a biotechnology company in Boston, helped jumpstart the hunt for a new drug in the lake.
    Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The region’s biotechnology hub and tourist attractions like the San Diego Zoo are known throughout the world.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
  • The biotechnology company EQRx no longer seeks to disrupt prices in the non-small cell lung cancer space.
    Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
  • But, the firm has recently begun to show a bit more interest in biotechnology as a whole.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Oct. 2022
  • So far, some of the most impressive biotechnology hubs are in China and in Singapore.
    Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
  • The phages’ gene-editing tricks may inspire new biotechnology.
    Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Dixon is wary of thinking of biotechnology as a silver bullet.
    Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Chaiban tells me that all of the marine actives in the brand’s products are harvested in a lab with blue biotechnology through a process of bio-fermentation.
    Meggen Taylor, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The piece of alien biotechnology chooses his body as its host, turning him into the superhero Blue Beetle.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
  • New advancements in biotechnology have enabled the creation of vaccines in a faster way.
    NBC News, 22 Sep. 2021
  • But there was a problem—and no, not just the technical hurdle of restoring extinct species via biotechnology.
    Andy Lamey, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
  • In the arms race between biology and biotechnology, the weeds are winning.
    New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The yogurt-makers weren’t looking for biotechnology’s Next Big Tool.
    Amber Dance, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The crisis has been equally dire for biotechnology startups.
    Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Both times the eggs were rapidly transported to Avantea, an advanced biotechnology lab in Italy.
    Damon Casarez, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The Dropout, in which the actress captures the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her disgraced biotechnology company Theranos.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 May 2022
  • Researchers at the genomics and biotechnology company 23andMe conducted the study as part of a larger Covid project.
    NBC News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Later, Reyes finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab.
    Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 5 Dec. 2023
  • One San Diego building is filling up with biotechnology tenants as the push to make downtown a new life science hub continues.
    Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • And, quite frankly, this is biotechnology’s biggest failure.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • There are many original ideas on covering longevity and biotechnology, and there are many ways to transform the human body to adapt to the environment.
    Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Cushman’s approach is just one effort at using biotechnology to fix the problem.
    Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Even before the pandemic, RNA therapeutics showed promise and were one of the fastest-growing fields in biotechnology.
    John Cumbers, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • The markets may be in free fall, but a few biotechnology companies had an exceptionally good day.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 20 May 2022
  • But investors in vaccine-makers’ shares, which have suffered amid a broader selloff in the biotechnology sector, won’t be able to breathe any easier.
    David Wainer, WSJ, 6 June 2022
  • The proposal also recognizes the important role that fungi have within multiple sectors such as mining, food, biotechnology and farmaceutical industry.
    Daniela De Lorenzo, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Harris just announced a plan for $100 billion in tax credits for companies in strategic industries such as biotechnology, aerospace, blockchain, and artificial intelligence.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024

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