ABSTRACT
The biotechnology revolution is based on massive scientific advances that have been made over the last 60 years. These advances have given scientists an extremely detailed understanding of life processes, have allowed life forms to be deliberately manipulated at the genetic level, and have enabled the creation of novel organisms containing genes from other species. To understand the history of the biotechnology revolution, it is useful to look at the development of the science that has helped to create it. There was a significant merging of chemistry and biology (still seen by many as two distinct strands of science) in the early 1950s as connections were made between the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and its role in inheritance. The revolutionary techniques of genetic engineering and genome sequencing stem from this convergence.
