Most Promising Startup Opportunities

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Biotechnology
Most Promising Startup Opportunities
Biotechnology, or biotech, is a field of applied biology involving the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine, and other fields requiring bio-products. In other words, biotech is the application of scientific and technical advances in life science to develop commercial products. According to Fastcopmany.com, California-based Amyris and its partners completed development of a microbially produced version of artemisinin that kills the malarial parasite in virtually unlimited amounts. Omeros conducted a new test to identify potential drug receptors, and Synthetic Genomics developed a multi-application approach to synthetic microbes.