“Bio­tech­no­logy, along with AI, is the cent­ral key tech­no­logy of the 21^st century”

What do vanilla ice cream and Corona vac­cine have in com­mon? Both products con­tain bio­tech­no­logy, as do many oth­er products that accom­pany us in every­day life — bread, wine, apple juice, medi­cines, sham­poo and even sneak­ers. But what exactly is bio­tech­no­logy? It encom­passes all tech­nic­al applic­a­tions in which humans make use of bio­lo­gic­al pro­cesses to man­u­fac­ture a product. How has bio­tech­no­logy developed over the cen­tur­ies, and where does it provide great bene­fits today? How can it help us meet the chal­lenges of the present and the future? The new acat­ech HORI­ZONTE Bio­tech­no­logy provides an over­view of these and oth­er import­ant questions.