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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 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Anyone who needs an unusual mole on their skin checked out may soon get to skip a surgical biopsy, and instead have a vi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 02, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A lot of people quickly learned what RNA was when an RNA virus started the COVID-19 global pandemic. In humans, there ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent yearsWritten By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
After gastrointestinal surgeries, patients are at serious risk of complications. But a cutting-edge device from Northwes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Immunology
Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequen ...Sponsored By: Quantum-SiMAR 04, 2024Earth & The Environment
Only a few years ago, there were concerns that another medical crisis could be brewing in the form of a helium shortage. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Autism is thought to affect about one of every 36 American children. New research has shown that it may be possible to d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2024Health & Medicine
A comprehensive review of cannabis research published in Horticultural Research provides insights into the historical us ...Written By: Kerry CharronFEB 22, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been developed to detect skin cancer; it utilizes a biosensor that can identify small changes in the char ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 20, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The ability to predict a person's risk of certain disease with genetics is often overstated, but in some cases it can be ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 15, 2024Genetics & Genomics
New research has suggested that when the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia almost 6,000 years ago, the existing hunte ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 09, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible for a very sensitive detection system to tell the difference between the causes of coughs? New research s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 06, 2024Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool was developed about a decade ago, and since then it has transformed research in the life sc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 30, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 29, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 18, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Sewage can be used to track the spread of diseases, which many people learned about during the COVID-19 pandemic. But th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays a crucial role in the central nervous system, and it may show that there are different s ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 15, 2024Microbiology
Some bacterial cells can prey on others, and launch attacks on target cells. So without eyes, ears, or a brain, how do t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2024Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have limited abilities to analyze brain tissue. But new work from the Szablowski lab at Rice University could ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 26, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms are composed of cells, some of which are constantly replaced, while others stay in place for a long time. For ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Anyone who needs an unusual mole on their skin checked out may soon get to skip a surgical biopsy, and instead have a vi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Ultraviolet (UV) light is a form of electromagnetic radiation that has wavelengths from ten to 400 nanometers, which is
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 02, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A lot of people quickly learned what RNA was when an RNA virus started the COVID-19 global pandemic. In humans, there ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The incidence of tick borne diseases like Lyme disease and Powassan virus have been on the rise in recent years
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The human genome is primarily composed of long stretches of repeat nucleotides that do not code for protein. This myster
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
After gastrointestinal surgeries, patients are at serious risk of complications. But a cutting-edge device from Northwes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Immunology
Barcoding technologies that take advantage of the high information content that can be encoded in oligonucleotide sequen
...
Sponsored By:
Quantum-Si
MAR 04, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Only a few years ago, there were concerns that another medical crisis could be brewing in the form of a helium shortage.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Autism is thought to affect about one of every 36 American children. New research has shown that it may be possible to d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2024
Health & Medicine
A comprehensive review of cannabis research published in Horticultural Research provides insights into the historical us
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
FEB 22, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new tool has been developed to detect skin cancer; it utilizes a biosensor that can identify small changes in the char
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 20, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The ability to predict a person's risk of certain disease with genetics is often overstated, but in some cases it can be
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 15, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
New research has suggested that when the first farmers arrived in Scandinavia almost 6,000 years ago, the existing hunte
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 09, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Is it possible for a very sensitive detection system to tell the difference between the causes of coughs? New research s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
The detection of rare variants in the genome can take time and cost a lot of money. In recent years, scientists and clin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 06, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene editing tool was developed about a decade ago, and since then it has transformed research in the life sc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 30, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Viruses are entities that have to infect other cells in order to replicate. They may have genomes that are made of DNA o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 29, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans raise and slaughter vast numbers of animals for our food. All of that meat production has a high environmental co
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Sewage can be used to track the spread of diseases, which many people learned about during the COVID-19 pandemic. But th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) plays a crucial role in the central nervous system, and it may show that there are different s
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 15, 2024
Microbiology
Some bacterial cells can prey on others, and launch attacks on target cells. So without eyes, ears, or a brain, how do t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2024
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have limited abilities to analyze brain tissue. But new work from the Szablowski lab at Rice University could
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 26, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Organisms are composed of cells, some of which are constantly replaced, while others stay in place for a long time. For
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch