The applications of biotechnology are far-reaching--from the creation of renewable, cleaner-burning fuels to developing products that reduce the environmental impact of manufacturing.
Here are links to eight examples of how North Carolina applies its talents in a number of areas:
- Biofuels: Renewable energy produced from organic matter.
- Biomanufacturing: The creation of biological products from living cells.
- Bio and Agro-Defense: North Carolina is being considered for a federal biological and agricultural research facility.
- Human Health: North Carolina is known throughout the world for more than its health care.
- Agricultural: Everything from herbicide- and insect-resistant crops to biofuels.
- Environmental: Biotechnology is used to preserve nature.
- Industrial: Biotechnology is used to create products and solve problems in many other industries.
- Genomics and Bioinformatics: Genomics is the study of all the genes in an organism, also known as its genome.