Brussels, 25/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, the European Commission stresses that biotechnologies are a driving force of innovation in the pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial sectors. Biotechnology-based industrial techniques use fewer resources, are kinder to the environment and can be used in place of more harmful chemical processes. New possibilities are opening up in terms of the prevention, treatment and cure of diseases which had previously been believed to be...