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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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APR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardFEB 27, 2015Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 25, 2015Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 20, 2015Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 09, 2015Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderDEC 18, 2014Videos
Using the latest technology in microscopy and 3D printing, Oxford Brookes University is enabling blind and partially sig ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 09, 2014Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 17, 2014Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 21, 2014Microbiology
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a comprehensive disease profile on Ebola Viru ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUL 17, 2014Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUL 09, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
A study released in June analyzing the U.S. bioscience industry growth over the last eleven years, through the recent re ...JUL 01, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 04, 2014Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 29, 2014Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 08, 2014Videos
The study of microorganisms began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope o ...Written By: Robert WoodardDEC 18, 2013Chemistry & Physics
Reasoning and decision-making at the molecular level could lead to incredible advances in biotechnology (as well as othe ...DEC 08, 2013Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A ...
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Cancer-fighting pink pineapples, heart-healthy purple tomatoes and less fatty vegetable oils may someday be on grocery s
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Most patients in a recently concluded clinical trial displayed improvement in the form of slower progression of amyotrop
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
FEB 27, 2015
Microbiology
Bacteria don't have intellect, but that doesn't stop them from recalling the past. Specifically, those times they're bom
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have shown that small molecules can "hijack" enzyme function in mice, suggesting a possible preventive mechan
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 25, 2015
Cancer
In greater than 90 percent of cases in which treatment for metastatic cancer fails, the reason is that the cancer is res
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
What are the key healthcare trends of 2014? Which ones might be a factor next year and in subsequent years?
A ...
A ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 09, 2015
Cancer
Cancer kills 8 million people worldwide every year, 14 million new cancer cases are diagnosed annually and finding a cur
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
DEC 18, 2014
Videos
Using the latest technology in microscopy and 3D printing, Oxford Brookes University is enabling blind and partially sig
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 09, 2014
Technology
The aging process affects everything from cardiovascular function to memory to sexuality. Most worrisome for many, howev
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
NOV 17, 2014
Technology
PathSensors Inc. (www.PathSensors.com), a Baltimore-based biotechnology and environmental testing company, is developing
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 21, 2014
Microbiology
The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters released a comprehensive disease profile on Ebola Viru
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUL 17, 2014
Neuroscience
As the population ages, victims of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are growing in number at a very fast rate. It's estimated th
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUL 09, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
A study released in June analyzing the U.S. bioscience industry growth over the last eleven years, through the recent re
...
JUL 01, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Former Secretary of State and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who gave a 65-minute keynote appearance at the 2014 BIO
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 04, 2014
Health & Medicine
A collaboration between Netherlands-based arGEN-X -- a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on creating and
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 29, 2014
Cell & Molecular Biology
Synthetic biology uses elemental building blocks and an engineering approach to create biological systems for specific u
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 08, 2014
Videos
The study of microorganisms began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of microorganisms in 1675, using a microscope o
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
DEC 18, 2013
Chemistry & Physics
Reasoning and decision-making at the molecular level could lead to incredible advances in biotechnology (as well as othe
...
DEC 08, 2013
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a historic first, human stem cells have been coaxed to transforming into living, functioning lung and airway cells. A
...