Gene technology

A biorefinery is a facility that converts biomass into a variety of valuable products. Those products can be biofuels, chemicals, and materials. The entire conversion process is aimed at generation products of high value while minimising waste and environmental impact. This opens up numerous nutritional compounds that would have ended up as waste otherwise. Thus, really getting the most out of every plant that is being harvested for human purposes - whether it is for feed, food or industrial use.

Being able to alter and modify DNA is exciting. It’s an entirely new world of possibilities that is opening up. Despite all potential benefits, there’s, of course, a downside. It comes with ethical and safety concerns, as well as undesired effects. We don’t know about the long-term consequences of human gene editing. The bias is depicted by the contrast between the colourful and bright bottom and the rather dark part at the top.

A biosensor is a device that detects and measures biological reactions by converting them into a measurable signal. It typically consists of a biological sensing entity, which can be an enzyme or an antibody, and a transducer, which converts the reaction into a signal. Nowadays, biosensors have gained great significance in a wide range of applications, including medical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, and food safety testing.

Crispr-Cas is a high-precision gene-editing tool that allows for accurate modifications in the DNA. In other words, you can cut out some parts of the DNA and insert others. This technology allows scientist to edit genes with top-notch precision and speed. There’s a huge potential in this discovery, from treating genetic diseases to engineering crops to gain better yields and resistance - the possibilities seem almost endless.