Sentence examples for biological commodities from inspiring English sources

Caterpillar fungus may lack the charisma of a rhinoceros, but as one of the world's most expensive biological commodities, it has become a primary source of income for hundreds of thousands of collectors.

Due to this trade, Himalayan caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) has become one of the world's most valuable biological commodities, providing a crucial source of income for hundreds of thousands of collectors.

The public value centers on expectations that these research efforts will provide a "viable contribution to human health" [ [ 8] p. 310], while the marketable exchange value centers on expectations that industry will profit substantially from natural or engineered biological commodities under the guise of contributing to human health.

The fungus, highly prized for its medicinal properties, is believed to be "the world's most expensive biological commodity".

exchange commodities in biological markets to their mutual benefit.

Secondly, grooming may be used to establish or maintain important relationships, either as an exchangeable commodity in biological markets [32], [33] or as reconciliation to repair damaged relationships [34].

To the Americans who have lost the race with their biological clocks, a baby is a precious commodity worth almost any price.

An international consortium of researchers interested in using the chicken as both a model biological system and as an important agricultural commodity have consolidated resources to produce a microarray containing 13,000 features representing approximately 12,000 different mRNAs.

His research is focused on chemical and non-chemical control of stored product pests in raw and processed agricultural commodities, and also to integrated and biological control of pests in crop protection.

Recent advances have allowed semi-synthetic production of complex pharmaceutical compounds and commodity chemicals by combining chemical and biological approaches.

Graduate students may be greener than postdoctoral researchers or lab technicians, but they are still a hot commodity, says David Meyer, a professor of biological chemistry at the University of California at Los Angeles and the senior associate dean of graduate studies for the School of Medicine.