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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

This guide will provide resources to students majoring and/or taking classes in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology within the Department of Biology and Earth Science and the Department of Chemistry

Biotechnology

What is Biotechnology?

In its purest form, the term "biotechnology" refers to the use of living organisms or their products to modify human health and the human environment. Prehistoric biotechnologists did this as they used yeast cells to raise bread dough and to ferment alcoholic beverages, and bacterial cells to make cheeses and yogurts and as they bred their strong, productive animals to make even stronger and more productive offspring.