The biotechnology industry emerged in the 1970s, based largely on a new recombinant DNA technique whose details were published in 1973 by Stanley Cohen of Stanford University and Herbert Boyer of the University of California, San Francisco. Recombinant DNA is a method of making proteins such as human insulin and other therapies in cultured cells under controlled manufacturing conditions. Boyer went on to co-found Genentech, which today is biotechnology's largest company by market capitalization.
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The Biotechnology Institute has asked leading biotechnology and life science companies to support an innovative project of scientists and teachers in biotechnology education, called “Institute Scholars,” which responds to the President’s call for scientist volunteers and the nation’s industry to address science education. Utilizing its extensive experience with scientists from biotechnology companies, the Institute brings scientists into high school classrooms to inspire and engage students in laboratories in life science applications. |
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Heroes of Biotechnology |
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