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Biotechnology
Biotechnology: is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2). Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biomanufacturing, molecular engineering, etc.
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SEP 30, 2022Health & Medicine
SEP 30, 2022Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 29, 2022The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 29, 2022Immunology
SEP 29, 2022The immune system has to be able to differentiate between the organisms in our microbiome, which can be helpful and even ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2022Microbiology
SEP 28, 2022We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2022Genetics & Genomics
SEP 28, 2022The mitochondrion, commonly called the powerhouse of the cell, might be one of the best known organelles. This special o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2022Microbiology
SEP 25, 2022New research has suggested that bacteria that live in the human mouth could work as model organisms that can help us fin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 25, 2022In cells, active genes are transcribed into mRNA molecules, which can be edited and processed in a variety of ways, to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2022Microbiology
SEP 23, 2022Symbiotic relationships enable organisms to use one another, usually to the advantage of both. Legumes can live in symbi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 18, 2022It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2022Immunology
SEP 18, 2022When we get a bacterial infection in our skin, our immune system responds. It's been thought that inflammatory cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 15, 2022In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 12, 2022Scientists have caught a virus in the act of infecting a cell, and captured images of the action in real-time and three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2022Microbiology
SEP 11, 2022Vinblastine and vincristine are both common chemotherapies that are used to treat several types of cancer. The drugs sto ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 09, 2022Immunology
SEP 09, 2022The human immune system must respond to a diverse array of infectious agents and harmful invaders throughout our lifetim ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 07, 2022When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 07, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 07, 2022Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires constant monitoring. Patients have to check the level of sugar, or glucose i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 05, 2022An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 01, 2022The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 30, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
AUG 30, 2022While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2022Health & Medicine
AUG 29, 2022If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 26, 2022Genetics & Genomics
AUG 26, 2022Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
AUG 25, 2022Traditional flu vaccines contain deactivated copies of the influenza virus. This deactivated virus allows your body to l ...Written By: Zoe MichaudAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
AUG 24, 2022It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 22, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
AUG 22, 2022Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins of ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2022
Health & Medicine
SEP 30, 2022
Glyphosate is the chemical in a product called Roundup that kills weeds, especially grasses and broadleaf weeds that com
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 29, 2022
The lysosome is a small membrane bound organelle that can be found in most animal cells. It was once thought that these
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 29, 2022
Immunology
SEP 29, 2022
The immune system has to be able to differentiate between the organisms in our microbiome, which can be helpful and even
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2022
Microbiology
SEP 28, 2022
We each carry thousands of different species of microorganisms in our gastrointestinal tracts, and that gut microbiome h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
SEP 28, 2022
The mitochondrion, commonly called the powerhouse of the cell, might be one of the best known organelles. This special o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2022
Microbiology
SEP 25, 2022
New research has suggested that bacteria that live in the human mouth could work as model organisms that can help us fin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 25, 2022
In cells, active genes are transcribed into mRNA molecules, which can be edited and processed in a variety of ways, to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2022
Microbiology
SEP 23, 2022
Symbiotic relationships enable organisms to use one another, usually to the advantage of both. Legumes can live in symbi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 18, 2022
It is extremely challenging to study human development. There are animal models that can tell us how general aspects of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2022
Immunology
SEP 18, 2022
When we get a bacterial infection in our skin, our immune system responds. It's been thought that inflammatory cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 15, 2022
In recent years, a mountain of evidence has revealed the significance of the human gut microbiome, a community of bacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 12, 2022
Scientists have caught a virus in the act of infecting a cell, and captured images of the action in real-time and three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2022
Microbiology
SEP 11, 2022
Vinblastine and vincristine are both common chemotherapies that are used to treat several types of cancer. The drugs sto
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 09, 2022
Immunology
SEP 09, 2022
The human immune system must respond to a diverse array of infectious agents and harmful invaders throughout our lifetim
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 07, 2022
When genes in a cell are active, they are transcribed into messenger RNA (mRNA) molecules. So researchers can take a sna
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
SEP 07, 2022
Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires constant monitoring. Patients have to check the level of sugar, or glucose i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 05, 2022
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
SEP 01, 2022
The CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized biomedical research, and has now even been used in the clinic is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 30, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
AUG 30, 2022
While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2022
Health & Medicine
AUG 29, 2022
If you have ever done research for school or work, or simply been curious about a scientific finding and wanted to read
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 26, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
AUG 26, 2022
Stem cells hold tremendous potential, because they can specialize into any type of cell. During development, stem cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
AUG 25, 2022
Traditional flu vaccines contain deactivated copies of the influenza virus. This deactivated virus allows your body to l
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
AUG 24, 2022
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 22, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
AUG 22, 2022
Many different proteins can bind DNA, and they perform a variety of critical functions in cells. DNA-binding proteins of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch