How to Use biotechnology in a Sentence

biotechnology

noun
  • Ramaswamy also made a name—and a fortune—for himself in the biotechnology space and with his business ventures.
    Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Each alleged advance in biotechnology revives such concerns.
    John Horgan, Scientific American, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The biotechnology revolution didn’t start with Crispr or with Doudna.
    Megan Molteni, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
  • The discovery opened up the world of biotechnology, raising the possibility that many diseases could be cured and that life could be extended.
    Curt Schleier Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
  • If nature offers an easy way to transfer organelles between plants, biotechnology researchers can put it to work in creating desirable new crop species.
    Quanta Magazine, 20 Jan. 2021
  • In recent years, big drug companies have had to resort to expensive biotechnology acquisitions to build their pipelines.
    Charley Grant, WSJ, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Hashem Al-Ghaili is a science communicator with a background in molecular biotechnology.
    Emma Pattee, Wired, 11 Mar. 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
  • Roth said there's fear among scientists the public might think that biotechnology is going to save all the species.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
  • But, the firm has recently begun to show a bit more interest in biotechnology as a whole.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The biotechnology company is raising funds at a time its vaccine work is in the spotlight.
    Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Those big-dollar bets are more often made on the region’s life sciences and biotechnology firms.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Since then, there have been some amazing advances in the fields of biotechnology and bioscience, with the promise of even more astounding breakthroughs to come.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The biosciences, including biotechnology, will play a pivotal role in the fight against climate change.
    Michelle McMurry-Heath Reprints, STAT, 23 May 2021
  • 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
  • Cockell first sees such biotechnology being used off world to extract nickel, copper or iron from rocks on the moon.
    Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • Wall Street’s reaction does not reflect the strides Danaher made in that important end-market, which is contained in the company’s biotechnology segment.
    Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024

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