Biotechnology and advanced therapies
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This branch covers biotechnology platforms used in medicine, divided by the technology after an overview of the field. Disease-specific treatments, general pharmacology and medicine development, and advanced-therapy submission dossiers sit outside this branch.
- Biotechnology as a field — definitions, classifications, history, omics, synthetic biology, AI, biomanufacturing and public understanding
- Biological medicines — defining features, terminology, differences from chemically manufactured drugs, history and sources
- Gene therapy and gene editing — delivery, editing tools, risks, clinical development, regulatory evidence and long-term follow-up
- Stem cells and regenerative medicine — cell types, transplantation, rejection, vascularisation, progress towards treatment as of 2012 and ethical positions
- Nanotechnology and nanomedicine — nanoscale properties, applications, medicine generations and regulatory and safety questions as of 2014