How biotechnology could improve life

1. Cokhy Indira Fasha

3. Health & Medical
Industrial & Environmental
Food & Agriculture
Ending Hunger
Reducing Pollution
Fighting Disease
Red BiotechnologyGreen Biotechnology
White Biotechnology

4. 5 million children under 5 die each year of
hunger-related causes
850 million people go hungry today
World population of 10 billion by 2030

5. • Golden rice (VitaminA)
• 10 million farmers grow biotech crops

6. Cellulosic Ethanol
Renewable Energy
Less CO2 from fossil fuels
More U.S. energy independence

7. Bioplastics & Materials
Cleaner Industrial Processes

8. Cancer Autoimmune Disorders
HIV/AIDS Heart Disease
Alzheimer’s Multiple Sclerosis
Diabetes Influenza
200+Therapies &Vaccines
400+ Products in ClinicalTrials

9. • Predictive
• Personalized
• Pre-emptive
• Screening &
diagnostics
• Prophylactic
treatment

11. • 40,000 bioscience businesses
• 1.2 million direct jobs
• 5.8 million additional jobs
• $66,775 average annual wage
• $26,000 above private sector average

13. 1. Bioproduction of sustainable chemicals, energy and other materials
2. Genetically modified crops to increase sustainable food production
3. Seawater bioprocesses to produce fuel and chemicals
4. Zero-waste bio-processing
5. Carbon dioxide as a raw material
6. Regenerative medicine to create new organs
7. Rapid & precise development and manufacturing of medicine & vaccines
8. Accurate, fast, cheap, and personalized diagnostics and prognostics
9. Biotech improvements to soil and water
10. Advanced healthcare through genome sequencing

14. Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: biopharmaceuticals discovery
(CNS, cancer, cardiovascular, endocrine, immune); vaccines; antibodies; protein engineering.
Plant and Environment: transgenic plants and crops; bioremediation; microbial diversity; bio-monitoring;
photosynthetic microorganisms, cyanobacteria and microalgae.
Industrial and Manufacturing: bio-fuels; energy crops (cellulosic ethanol industry); industrial enzymes;
bioprocess engineering and optimization.
Medical Biotechnology: biopharmaceutical manufacturing; diagnostics; imaging; pharmacogenomics
(personalized medicine); microarray technology; biomarkers.
Regenerative Medicine: stem cells, gene therapy; tissue engineering; cell based therapy; cell cultivation.
Marine Biotechnology: EnvironmentApplications of Marine Biotechnology; Marine Natural Products;
Bioproducts and Bioactive Compounds; Marine Microbiology and Biodiversity; Marine-based Drug
Discovery & Development; Genomics and Proteomics of Marine Organisms; Aquatic Microbial Ecology.
Other areas: Food; Marine; Bio-safety; Systems Biology, Clinical Research/clinical trials; bioethics;
nanobiotechnology.

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your-life/