Biotechnology

Biotechnology has mobilized the globalization of medicine. In Good's article, she states that "the dynamics of the global-local exchange challenge our notions of “universalism” in clinical science and “local” knowledge in clinical practice, stimulating a rethinking of the boundaries not only between science and society but also between “the local” and “the global.” Medicine has been able to expand to remote areas in parts of the world that have not been reached before. The growth and development of the practice of medicine and biotechnology go hand in hand. When I think of the word biotechnology, I imagine robots and artificial organs. In the United States, biotechnology and the important research in this field has helped prolong lives especially of the rapidly growing elderly population. However, the implications of biotechnology in developing countries also have profound effects. Medicines and drugs created by pharmaceutical companies take on a different context in various cultures. Americans depend on drugs from ailments ranging from headache to depression. Other countries use drugs as well as traditional therapies like acupuncture in a new type of hybrid biotechnology. I believe biotechnology has definitely positively influenced the international cooperation of medicine.