Over the last three decades, biotechnology has undergone a revolution that has made it, along with the development of the “information society”, into one of the pillars of knowledge-based economies, which increasingly seem to be concentrated in the industrialized countries, creating a growing gap between them and the developing countries.
Tout au long de ces 30 dernières années, la biotechnologie a évolué de façon révolutionnaire pour devenir, parallèlement à ce que l'on appelle la société de l'information, l'un des piliers de l'économie du savoir.