Biotechnology
Categories: Tech, Econ, Investing, Entrepreneur
Biotechnology, or “biotech” has been around a lot longer than you think. Old-school biotech was used to make wordly staples like bread, beer, and wine, and for making agriculture more efficient. Now that we know about genetics and microorganisms, and have more advanced technology, biotech has given us vaccines, the human genome sequence, and treatments for things like cancer.
It’s also given us crazy-high crop yields and biofuels (which reduce greenhouse gasses), and generally improves human lifespan and quality of life. The newest biotech-kid on the block is the DNA nanorobot, which is a tiny robot that can kill cancer cells in people.
What will happen if those DNA nanorobots get into the wrong scientists' hands? Only time will tell.
