can someone give the difference between these scientific tremes if it's possible :
biotechnology, bionanotechnology and synthetic biology.
Biotechnology is usually about making useful molecules or materials with cells or organisms.
Synthetic Biology is what you call it when you're trying to raise money for it here in Silicon Valley.
"Nano" is what you used to call it when you wanted to raise money 10 years ago ;-)
Today, "nano" may be suggestive of some additional inorganic structure that's too big to be considered chemistry, but not alive enough to be considered biology.
Biotechnology is usually about making useful molecules or materials with cells or organisms.
Synthetic Biology is what you call it when you're trying to raise money for it here in Silicon Valley.
"Nano" is what you used to call it when you wanted to raise money 10 years ago ;-)
Today, "nano" may be suggestive of some additional inorganic structure that's too big to be considered chemistry, but not alive enough to be considered biology.
biotechnology is the technology based on biology. in this case we learn how certain processes are carried out in living systems and develop technology based on those.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology
in nanobiotechnology, nanotechnology has been incorporated into biotechnology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanobiotechnology
synthetic biology interfases biology with engineering concepts. in this case biological components are assembled to make devices or systems for various applications
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology
above 3 fields are highly interrelated
Biotechnology involves the use of biological systems to manufacture products required to improve the quality of human life and environment.
Bionanotechnology generally refers to the study of how the goals of nanotechnology can be guided by studying how biological "machines" work and adapting these biological motifs into improving existing nanotechnologies or creating new ones.
Synthetic biology is categorized into bottom up and top down approach. Bottom up synthetic biology involves the creation of entirely new biological parts to serve beneficial functions. This can include artificially synthesized DNA sequences that did not previously exist, substitutes for nucleotides, substitutes for amino acids, etc.
Top down is the more common type. In top down synthetic biology, existing biological parts are used to construct new biological systems.
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