The date also acknowledges the work of people who work in some biotechnological area, protagonists of spheres oriented to using components from living organisms (cells, genes, or enzymes) to obtain products through the application of genetic engineering.

Biotechnology allows the application of new scientific methods in Agroindustry, Food, Pharmaceutics, Textile, Detergents, Fuels, Biodegradable Plastics, and other industries.

On June 16, 1980, genetic engineer Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty developed a bacterium from the Pseudomonas genus, whose usefulness lies in decomposing crude oil for treating oil spills, thus favoring the environment.

Biotechnology has developed gene therapies, growth hormone, the Hepatitis B vaccine, and the development of insulin, among many other scientific advances.

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