title: An overview of biotechnology.
abstract: Recombinant DNA technology, hybridoma technology, enzyme engineering, and protein engineering are all parts of the new biotechnology, which is having a major effect on research in health care, diagnostics, and agriculture, and promises to make inroads in the practices of other industries such as petroleum, mining, foods, and chemicals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Demain
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001709:Biotechnology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004798:Enzymes; D005524:Food Technology; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D015202:Protein Engineering; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015342:DNA Probes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D004798:Enzymes; D014612:Vaccines