BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Interesting Biotechnology Things!

We did not know of all these interesting facts by ourselves. We searched and found all these. Enjoy!

1.The Breen in Star Trek use starships with organic technology. The starship USS Voyager used bio-neural gel pack circuitry. Species 8472 used organic spacecraft.

2.The Yuuzhan Vong in Star Wars exclusively use organic technology and regard mechanical technology as blasphemy.

3. In the book/movie Jurrassic Park, biotechnology is also involved!

Ingen, the company which created Jurassic Park, created the dinosaurs from dinosaur gene sequences present in a fossilised mosquito trapped in a piece of amber, with certain sections being taken from frog DNA.

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4. Did you know that researchers have reversed the aging process in brain cells? They have successfully induced brain cells to revert back to neural stem cells.

5.Did you know that....

the Centers for Disease Control estimates that some 18 million courses of antibiotics are prescribed for colds each year even though colds are caused by viruses?

6. Did you know that scientists are making plans to build a device that will detect all life outside of Earth?

7. Did you know that researchers have restored sight to blind dogs by injecting them with a genetically engineered gene?

8. Did you know that scientists have produced bone from skin and gum tissue?

9. Did you know that researchers have devised a method of isolating and extracting specific brain cells from cadavers that are able to divide and develop into other types of brain cells?