Question

The definition of biotechnology, ‘The integration of natural science and organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services’ was given by

• A. Genetic Engineering Approval Committee.
• B. European Federation of Biotechnology.
• C. US Patent and Trademark Office.
• D. International Union of Biochemistry.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

The European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB) has given a definition of biotechnology that encompasses both traditional view and modern molecular biotechnology. The definition given by EFB is as follows ‘The integration of natural science and organisms, cells, parts thereof, and molecular analogues for products and services’.