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Biotechnology improving health

He describes the most exciting aspect of working in the biotechnology industry.

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Scott Coulter ( Comvita)

I think the most important aspect about the world of biotechnology is that you actually have an opportunity, particularly in our business, to really help people with their lives – to improve their health, to make their lives much more bearable, particularly in wound treatment. Who would have thought that something from a beehive we can use in a hospital to cure wounds?

That’s a very exciting thing that we are involved with.

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Rights: The University of Waikato
Published: 1 June 2007
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