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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 09, 2018Videos
Researchers are growing mini-retinas to learn more about color vision, and why it's dysfunctional in some people.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2018Cardiology
Of the 600,000 coronary angioplasties performed in the United States each year, about half of them are elective procedur ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 08, 2018Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is a term you've likely heard before. You may have even been told you live with A-Fib. W ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 08, 2018Videos
Titanium implants and bone grafts can be painful. Researchers are creating a better way to fix damaged bones.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 07, 2018Videos
In recent decades, advances in genetic technologies have changed our world in many different ways.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2018Videos
Researchers have started a clinical trial involving 420 participants to test the efficacy of a male contraceptive gel.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2018Videos
More than 90,000 Americans and millions of people around the world have SCA.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2018Microbiology
The human body is home to vast numbers of microbes, and many of them harbor interesting genes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2018Cannabis Sciences
It was just a matter of time. Like all industries, the big fish like to eat the smaller fish. And a burgeoning market sp ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Last week the world was stunned to hear that twin babies had been born after a gene-editing experiment was conducted on ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2018Neuroscience
Brain stentrode, a brain interfacing electrode that is implanted within a blood vesselWritten By: Aswini KannegantiDEC 03, 2018Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is an amazing gene-editing tool, but there are some drawbacks. This work aims to fix that.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2018Cancer
We have all heard about the harsh side effects of chemotherapy that could be so difficult leading to stopping treatment. ...Written By: Heba El-wassefDEC 01, 2018Videos
Genetic diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. This video explores how the process works.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 01, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Princeton researchers created new tools to study liquid phase separation inside of cells, and how it influences cell beh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2018Videos
A new test purports to be able to identify embryos with a high chance of having a low IQ.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Experts say genetic testing for pets is not quite ready for the market, but that hasn't stopped companies from selling t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2018Videos
Researchers want to create tiny drug delivery systems that can move through biological tissue.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists have created microbes that incorporate new nucleotide bases and new amino acids.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2018Health & Medicine
Anyone who has experienced severe, chronic pain knows the long process it takes to get a correct diagnosis. Many people ...Written By: Dena ArutaNOV 26, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are worn out and damaged or diseased, they can initiate a self-destruct sequence called apoptosis.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 24, 2018Videos
An experiment is conducted upon ECM to decide for a novel biomarker, that will help to deciding which patient can enroll ...Written By: Sharvin ManickamNOV 24, 2018Microbiology
A check of the International Space Station (ISS) has revealed several strains of Enterobacter microbes.Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2018
Videos
Researchers are growing mini-retinas to learn more about color vision, and why it's dysfunctional in some people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2018
Cardiology
Of the 600,000 coronary angioplasties performed in the United States each year, about half of them are elective procedur
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 08, 2018
Cardiology
Atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) is a term you've likely heard before. You may have even been told you live with A-Fib. W
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 08, 2018
Videos
Titanium implants and bone grafts can be painful. Researchers are creating a better way to fix damaged bones.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 07, 2018
Videos
In recent decades, advances in genetic technologies have changed our world in many different ways.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2018
Videos
Researchers have started a clinical trial involving 420 participants to test the efficacy of a male contraceptive gel.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2018
Videos
More than 90,000 Americans and millions of people around the world have SCA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2018
Microbiology
The human body is home to vast numbers of microbes, and many of them harbor interesting genes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
It was just a matter of time. Like all industries, the big fish like to eat the smaller fish. And a burgeoning market sp
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Last week the world was stunned to hear that twin babies had been born after a gene-editing experiment was conducted on
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have developed a tool that enables them to predict what viruses be transmissible between infected people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2018
Neuroscience
Brain stentrode, a brain interfacing electrode that is implanted within a blood vessel
Written By:
Aswini Kanneganti
DEC 03, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is an amazing gene-editing tool, but there are some drawbacks. This work aims to fix that.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2018
Cancer
We have all heard about the harsh side effects of chemotherapy that could be so difficult leading to stopping treatment.
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
DEC 01, 2018
Videos
Genetic diseases can be traced back to an error in a gene. This video explores how the process works.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Princeton researchers created new tools to study liquid phase separation inside of cells, and how it influences cell beh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2018
Videos
A new test purports to be able to identify embryos with a high chance of having a low IQ.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Experts say genetic testing for pets is not quite ready for the market, but that hasn't stopped companies from selling t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2018
Videos
Researchers want to create tiny drug delivery systems that can move through biological tissue.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
In recent years, scientists have created microbes that incorporate new nucleotide bases and new amino acids.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2018
Health & Medicine
Anyone who has experienced severe, chronic pain knows the long process it takes to get a correct diagnosis. Many people
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
NOV 26, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
When cells are worn out and damaged or diseased, they can initiate a self-destruct sequence called apoptosis.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 24, 2018
Videos
An experiment is conducted upon ECM to decide for a novel biomarker, that will help to deciding which patient can enroll
...
Written By:
Sharvin Manickam
NOV 24, 2018
Microbiology
A check of the International Space Station (ISS) has revealed several strains of Enterobacter microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch