Biotechnology is a technique used thousands of years ago, in which living organisms are used to modify different products or processes, such as improving plants, for specific purposes. It is applied in different industries such as food, medicine, agriculture, pharmaceutical, and more. For example, the wine that our grandparents and great grandparents used to have already had this process. Through advances in the molecular biology of microorganisms, today the genetic engineering technique is applied, which is used to transfer genes from one organism to another to improve it. Thus, to improve a plant, you can transfer genes with characteristics that allow you to survive a drought or different climatic factors, a topic that today concerns and affects us all.
A remarkable amount of solutions used in genetics, immunology, chemical engineering and agriculture would not exist if biotechnology had not made its huge contribution over the last few decades, with around 1000 bitech and biotech-related companies operating in the United Kingdom alone, the industry is pretty big and getting bigger.
United Kingdom companies account for 35% of products in development across Europe and 41% of new drugs at the clinical trials stage.
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