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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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DEC 31, 2018Genetics & Genomics
This study is the largest of its kind, and assessed genetic data from over 426,000 people, which is stored in the UK Bio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 30, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Researchers created a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that has more in common with the human disease than current mod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2018Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long been seeking to understand aging. Researchers found age-related changes in cell-free DNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2018Genetics & Genomics
There is no treatment for Huntington's disease at this time, and the scientists hope that this work will lead to one.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 24, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
There's nothing particularly striking about planarians on first glance, but they can regrow their whole body from a bit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2018Videos
Science magazine has chosen the projects they view as the biggest breakthroughs from 2018.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 22, 2018Videos
Genetic sequencing can help clinicians decide on the best treatment for individual patients.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2018Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
As people get older, some remain healthy while others begin to get chronically ill.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Genetic research has moved beyond the single mutation that causes a disease. Scientists want to know more about traits t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Securing information is a difficult prospect as computers become more powerful. Engineers have turned to biology.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2018Videos
The video above features the latest Koch Institute Image Award winner.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2018Microbiology
Three new strains of the virus in the largest population study of the infection ever done in Africa.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 18, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 17, 2018Genetics & Genomics
People have been desperate to learn more about the potential causes of autism, and researchers have been making some pro ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been trying to create a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for decades.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Videos
Learn more about how genetics and bioinformatics techniques are helping researchers to understand how microbes adapt, su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 15, 2018Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2018Cancer
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) have emerged as a useful tool for cancer treatments in a small number of ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanDEC 13, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a new technology that will enable scientists to study biological responses to different envir ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a new way to identify disease-causing genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 10, 2018Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
DEC 31, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
This study is the largest of its kind, and assessed genetic data from over 426,000 people, which is stored in the UK Bio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 30, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers created a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease that has more in common with the human disease than current mod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2018
Microbiology
HIV is still a global health problem, even though antiretroviral drugs have completely changed outcomes for those that a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have long been seeking to understand aging. Researchers found age-related changes in cell-free DNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
There is no treatment for Huntington's disease at this time, and the scientists hope that this work will lead to one.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 24, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
There's nothing particularly striking about planarians on first glance, but they can regrow their whole body from a bit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2018
Videos
Science magazine has chosen the projects they view as the biggest breakthroughs from 2018.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 22, 2018
Videos
Genetic sequencing can help clinicians decide on the best treatment for individual patients.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2018
Microbiology
The gut microbiome has many important functions, including helping us digest food. But it has to protect itself from the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Videos
It may be possible to swab a dog's cheek and do a genetic test to see if it would make a good service dog.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
As people get older, some remain healthy while others begin to get chronically ill.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic research has moved beyond the single mutation that causes a disease. Scientists want to know more about traits t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Securing information is a difficult prospect as computers become more powerful. Engineers have turned to biology.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2018
Videos
The video above features the latest Koch Institute Image Award winner.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2018
Microbiology
Three new strains of the virus in the largest population study of the infection ever done in Africa.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 18, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Some people have a green thumb, but that doesn't mean that plants enjoy feeling it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 17, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
People have been desperate to learn more about the potential causes of autism, and researchers have been making some pro
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have been trying to create a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, for decades.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Videos
Learn more about how genetics and bioinformatics techniques are helping researchers to understand how microbes adapt, su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 15, 2018
Videos
At the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, the waste generated by over 700 species of animals has to be filtered out of the aqu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2018
Cancer
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) have emerged as a useful tool for cancer treatments in a small number of
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
DEC 13, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have developed a new technology that will enable scientists to study biological responses to different envir
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a new way to identify disease-causing genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 10, 2018
Plants & Animals
With as much excavating as paleontologists do, it’s no surprise that they’re always happening upon new fossi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard