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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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JUL 25, 2016Genetics & Genomics
The immune cells of the brain are to thank for clearing Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques. Mutations in a certai ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 17, 2016Microbiology
Important fuels and chemicals have been made in generically engineered strains of Escherichia coli by modifying this mic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 30, 2016Videos
Scientists in Korea may have found a chemical compound that could shut down cancer cell growth. The compound, called KY- ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 21, 2016Cardiology
For unknown reasons, a new study has uncovered the ability of a protein called hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) to ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
There’s a new hot vitamin on scientists’ minds right now, but it’s one not many people may be familiar ...MAY 25, 2016Immunology
Humans have specialized immune cells designed to detect and kill abnormal cells, whether they are virally-infected or ca ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 18, 2016Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 19, 2016Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 07, 2016Genetics & Genomics
All the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos, and email messages that we hoard often require tec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 01, 2016Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f ...Written By: Cassidy ReichMAR 31, 2016Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 28, 2016Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet ...FEB 15, 2016Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 26, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti ...Written By: Cassidy ReichNOV 28, 2015Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 24, 2015Plants & Animals
China’s Boyalife biotechnology company is currently in the middle of building the world’s largest animal clo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2015Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 12, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Duke University scientists have figured out the genetic code that instructs proteins to either self-assemble or disassem ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
JUL 25, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
The immune cells of the brain are to thank for clearing Alzheimer’s disease-related plaques. Mutations in a certai
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 17, 2016
Microbiology
Important fuels and chemicals have been made in generically engineered strains of Escherichia coli by modifying this mic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Microbiology
Can you imagine eating Escherichia coli for good health? It seems a little crazy, but scientists have created a way to a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
An international consortium of researchers has published four related papers, in Nature Biotechnology here and here, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 30, 2016
Videos
Scientists in Korea may have found a chemical compound that could shut down cancer cell growth. The compound, called KY-
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 21, 2016
Cardiology
For unknown reasons, a new study has uncovered the ability of a protein called hepatoma derived growth factor (HDGF) to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
CRISPR-Cas9 is the discovery that took the scientific community by storm, the technology of the century. In a new study
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
There’s a new hot vitamin on scientists’ minds right now, but it’s one not many people may be familiar
...
MAY 25, 2016
Immunology
Humans have specialized immune cells designed to detect and kill abnormal cells, whether they are virally-infected or ca
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 18, 2016
Cardiology
Scientists have solved a mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a protein that abou
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 19, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
When we think of genetic mutations we usually think of the mutations that cause disease, but protective mutations are an
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 07, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
All the baby pictures, financial transactions, funny cat videos, and email messages that we hoard often require tec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 01, 2016
Cancer
A big issue in developing treatments for cancer is how to target the cytotoxic drugs to the tumor. Thankfully, a group f
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
MAR 31, 2016
Health & Medicine
A painful inflammatory disease has been plaguing a Flemish family for more than three generations, and for the first tim
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
FEB 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Normally when there is talk of a small piece of metal that can be implanted in the brain to take over the control of som
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 26, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A group at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City recently published a very interesting and exciti
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
NOV 28, 2015
Health & Medicine
A group of German and Israeli scientists have successfully grown human liver cells in the laboratory that did not lose t
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 24, 2015
Plants & Animals
China’s Boyalife biotechnology company is currently in the middle of building the world’s largest animal clo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2015
Neuroscience
Can you pass this memory test? Without looking at your cell phone write down the phone numbers of your two closes
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 12, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria have the capacity to produce numerous substances for commercial and industrial applications. Despite this
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Duke University scientists have figured out the genetic code that instructs proteins to either self-assemble or disassem
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider