The report, Beyond Therapy: Biotechnology and the Pursuit of Happiness, addresses the promises and perils of scientific advances that do more than cure or prevent disease.

Modern biotechnology has permeated various fields such as clothing materials, vegetables, and pets. Technological development is also underway, such as connecting prosthetic hands directly to the ...

The impact of fermentation on ancient culture and food cannot be understated, and this ancient process has laid the ...

The modern biotechnology industry dawned in the 1970s, thanks to new techniques using recombinant DNA to manufacture substances such as human growth hormone and insulin. Fast forward to 2001 ...

Recombinant DNA is one of the first stories in modern biotechnology history. The National Museum of American History contains collections which trace this foundational technique of genetic engineering ...