Question
Write the three critical research areas of biotechnology.
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Answer
The three critical research areas of biotechnology are:
- Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organism, usually a microbe or pure enzyme.
- Creating optimal conditions through engineering for a catalyst to act.
- Downstream processing technologies to purify the protein or other compounds.
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