Expert A. Ilyasov spoke about the development of biotechnology in Turkmenistan

Doctor of Technical Sciences Allaberdy Ilyasov spoke about the development of biotechnology in Turkmenistan in accordance with the state program of biotechnology development in the country for 2024-2028. This is reported by the online edition of Centralasia.news.

According to the expert, biotechnology today is of special importance in biology and allows creating new products for various purposes. Turkmenistan has all opportunities for further development of biotechnology. Currently, the country is actively using the resources of local flora for manufacturing products of the pharmaceutical industry. Scientific research is being conducted to study the properties of Turkmen plants.

The Doctor of Technical Sciences emphasized that one of the most important sources of information on medicinal herbs in the field of phytotherapy is the encyclopedic work "Medicinal Plants of Turkmenistan" by the National Leader of the Turkmen people Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.

At present, the country is actively developing spheres in which innovative biotechnologies are used. Among such topical areas are biomedicine, nanobiotechnology, biopharmaceuticals and other industries.