How to Use biotechnology in a Sentence
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But biotechnologies are dual-use — they can be used for both good and ill.
—R. Daniel Bressler, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
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This is the least important of the five events for biotechnology.
—Henry T. Greely, STAT, 17 Oct. 2020
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By the 1980s vaccine production stood on the cusp of change helped by the emergence of biotechnology.
—Lara Marks, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2021
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Yancey, who now works for a biotechnology company in Boston, helped jumpstart the hunt for a new drug in the lake.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
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The region’s biotechnology hub and tourist attractions like the San Diego Zoo are known throughout the world.
—Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2022
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But how does that prove he was paid by the biotechnology industry?
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2014
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The biotechnology company EQRx no longer seeks to disrupt prices in the non-small cell lung cancer space.
—Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
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Roth said there's fear among scientists the public might think that biotechnology is going to save all the species.
—Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 27 Oct. 2024
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How big a role biotechnology will play in the economy of the 21st-century world is hard to predict.
—The Economist, 17 May 2018
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But, the firm has recently begun to show a bit more interest in biotechnology as a whole.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 4 Oct. 2022
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As this biotechnology continues to advance, what kind of a role does the government need to play?
—WSJ, 2 Oct. 2018
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David Goeddel is a world-renowned biotechnology pioneer, not that a 10-year-old would have thought of his father quite that way.
—Bill Shaikin, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
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The biotechnology company is raising funds at a time its vaccine work is in the spotlight.
—Jenny Strasburg, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
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During the school year, Woods helped pay for Victor to attend a two-day program on biotechnology and business at Queens.
—charlotteobserver, 18 May 2017
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The Waltham, Mass., biotechnology concern asked for initial offers in recent weeks, some of the people said.
—Dana Cimilluca, WSJ, 31 May 2017
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Those big-dollar bets are more often made on the region’s life sciences and biotechnology firms.
—Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
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Since then, there have been some amazing advances in the fields of biotechnology and bioscience, with the promise of even more astounding breakthroughs to come.
—Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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Ramaswamy also made a name—and a fortune—for himself in the biotechnology space and with his business ventures.
—Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
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The biosciences, including biotechnology, will play a pivotal role in the fight against climate change.
—Michelle McMurry-Heath Reprints, STAT, 23 May 2021
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So far, some of the most impressive biotechnology hubs are in China and in Singapore.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022
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The phages’ gene-editing tricks may inspire new biotechnology.
—Bymitch Leslie, science.org, 23 Nov. 2022
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Dixon is wary of thinking of biotechnology as a silver bullet.
—Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2021
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Cockell first sees such biotechnology being used off world to extract nickel, copper or iron from rocks on the moon.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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Chaiban tells me that all of the marine actives in the brand’s products are harvested in a lab with blue biotechnology through a process of bio-fermentation.
—Meggen Taylor, Forbes, 7 July 2021
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The piece of alien biotechnology chooses his body as its host, turning him into the superhero Blue Beetle.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 5 May 2023
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New advancements in biotechnology have enabled the creation of vaccines in a faster way.
—NBC News, 22 Sep. 2021
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But there was a problem—and no, not just the technical hurdle of restoring extinct species via biotechnology.
—Andy Lamey, The New Republic, 15 Dec. 2022
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Wyman points out that San Francisco is ground zero for the disability justice movement as well as the home of some of the biotechnology that impacts LPs the most.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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It is set to be acquired by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology firm focused on using genetic data to develop new drugs.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Raymond, who is interested in medicine and science, interns at a computational biotechnology lab at San Diego State University.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2025
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