What Is Biotechnology? Where Is It Headed at UVA?
With the announcement of the Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Virginia, you may be asking yourself: “What exactly is biotechnology?”
If so, you’re not alone. The term is familiar, yet it has been so broadly invoked as to be unclear to many people.
In medicine, one might think of the latest gene therapies, for example. But biotechnology has been associated with breakthroughs in everything from agriculture (biofuels and genetically modified crops) to consumer products (detergent enzymes and skin care).
UVA Today spoke to Dr. Richard Price, a biomedical engineer who co-directs the UVA Focused Ultrasound Cancer Immunotherapy Center, about the definition of biotechnology and the role it plays at UVA Health.
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