https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2016-10-11 02:14:49 UTC 2023-03-21 16:53:21 UTC hello@padlet.com wilmorh7524 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674398 "Turning living things into other things"]]> 2016-10-11 02:21:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674398 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674695 The term biotechnology was used for the first time ever by a Hungarian engineer, named Karl Erkley in 1919.]]> 2016-10-11 02:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674695 nielste https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674700 At its simplest, biotechnology is technology based on biology - biotechnology harnesses cellular and biomolecular processes to develop technologies and products that help improve our lives and the health of our planet. We have used the biological processes of microorganisms for more than 6,000 years to make useful food products, such as bread a]]> 2016-10-11 02:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674700 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674879  It was in 1921 that Canadian physician Frederick Banting and medical student Charles H. Best would be credited with discovering the hormone insulin in the pancreatic extracts of dogs. Banting and Best injected the hormone into a dog and found that it lowered high blood glucose levels to normal. They then perfected their experiments to the point of grinding up and filtering a dog's surgically tied pancreas, isolating a substance called "isletin."

The pair then developed insulin for human treatment with the help of Canadian chemist James B. Collip and Scottish physiologist J.J.R. Macleod.]]> 2016-10-11 02:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674879 nielsca https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674920 The cell was first discovered and named by Robert Hooke in 1665. He remarked that it looked strangely similar to cellula or small rooms which monks inhabited, thus deriving the name. However what Hooke actually saw was the dead cell walls of plant cells (cork) as it appeared under the microscope.]]> 2016-10-11 02:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129674920 wilmorh7524 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675048 It was not until 1922 that insulin was discovered and successfully used to treat diabetes. Until then, diabetics would die prematurely due to problems caused by their diabetes, such as severe weight loss and cardiovascular disorders.]]> 2016-10-11 02:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675048 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675231 Watson and crick create the first 3D model of the DNA strand in 1953]]> 2016-10-11 02:30:18 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675231 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675745 Food and drink items like Cheese, wine and milk all use processes of fermentation ]]> 2016-10-11 02:36:08 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/129675745 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130017890 2016-10-12 03:17:25 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130017890 nielste https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130017945 He invented the first centrifuge which seperated cream from milk]]> 2016-10-12 03:17:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130017945 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018180 2016-10-12 03:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018180 nielste https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018798 2016-10-12 03:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018798 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018845 2016-10-12 03:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/130018845 https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/2525747459 2023-03-21 16:53:21 UTC https://padlet.com/wilmorh7524/26lbwp3dmh9m/wish/2525747459