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  • Biologics

    Therapeutic or diagnostic products generated and purified from natural sources.
  • Biomarker

    A measurement of a variable related to a disease that may serve as an indicator or predictor of that disease. Biomarkers are parameters from which the presence or risk of a disease can be inferred, rather that being a measure of the disease itself.
  • Biomass

    Renewable organic materials, such as wood, agricultural crops or wastes, and municipal wastes, especially when used as a source of fuel or energy. Biomass can be burned directly or processed into biofuels such as ethanol and methane.
  • Biomass

    Organic matter grown by the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy.
  • Biomass

    The entire assemblage of living organisms (both plant and animal), of a particular region considered collectively. As commonly used in biotechnology, refers to the use of cellulose, a renewable resource, for the production of chemicals that can be used to generate energy or as an alternative feedstocks for the chemical industry to reduce dependence of nonrenewable fossil fuels.
  • Biomass

    1. The cell mass produced by a population of living organisms.2. The organic mass that can be used either as a source of energy or for its chemical components.3. All the organic matter that derives from the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy.
  • Biomass Energy

    Any kind of energy that uses a biological organism (plant or animal) as its source.(also see: Biomass Energy Fuels)
  • Biomass Energy Fuels

    Biomass energy fuels may include a wide variety of items, such as animal manure, landfill waste, wood pellets, vegetable oil, algae, crops like corn, sugar, switchgrass and other plant material -- even paper and household garbage.Biomass fuel can be converted directly into heat energy through combustion. In other cases, biomass is converted into another fuel source; examples include ethanol gasoline made from corn, or methane gas derived from animal waste.
  • Biomaterials

    Biological molecules, such as proteins and complex sugars, used to make medical devices, including structural elements used in reconstructive surgery.
  • Biomedical Testing

    Testing of persons to find out whether a change in a body function might have occurred because of exposure to a hazardous substance.
  • Biometabolism

    Physical and chemical processes that occur within a cell or an organism; for example, the conversion of nutrients into energy.
  • Biometric Identifier

    Identifying information based on a physical characteristic (e.g., a fingerprint).
  • Biometric Signature

    A method of identifying a person's identity based on measurement of the indivdual's physical feature(s) or repeatable action(s) where features and/or are both unique to that individual and measurable.
  • Biometrics

    A method of verifying an individual’s identity based on measurement of his/her physical feature(s) or repeatable action(s) where those features and/or actions are both measurable and unique to that individual. The main types of biometrics are: face recognition, finger scanning, hand geometry, finger geometry, iris recognition, palm, retina, signature, and voice recognition.
  • Biometrische Unterschrift

  • Bionics

    An interscience discipline for constructing artificial systems, which resemble or have the characteristics of living systems.
  • Biopharmaceutical

    A therapeutic product made through the genetic manipulation of living things or their cells, including (but not limited to) proteins and monoclonal antibodies, peptides, and other molecules that are not chemically synthesized, along with gene therapies, cell therapies, and engineered tissues.
  • Biopharmaceuticals

    Ethical pharmaceutical drugs derived through bioprocessing.
  • Bioprocess

    Any process that uses complete living cells or their components (e.g., enzymes, chloroplasts) to effect desired physical or chemical changes.
  • Bioprocess Engineering

    Process that uses complete living cells or their components (e.g., enzymes, chloroplast) to effect desired physical or chemical changes.
  • Bioprocessing

    Using organisms or biologically derived macromolecules to carry out enzymatic reactions or to manufacture products.
  • Bioprocessing

    The creation of a product utilizing a living organism.
  • Bioprocessing Equipment

    Equipment, systems, or facilities used in the creation of products utilizing living organisms
  • Biopsy

    The gross and microscopic examination of tissues or cells removed from a living patient for the purpose of diagnosis or prognosis of disease, or for the confirmation of normal conditions.
  • Biopure Water

    Water that is sterile, pyrogen free and has a total solids content of less than 1 ppm.