Biotech/Pharmaceuticals (general)
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By: Dianne Rees
To understand how a cell works, you have to take it apart and put it back together. That's the thinking behind synthetic biology. more...
By: Simon Davies
Sildenafil Citrate whose brand name is Viagra, is a very good example of the way the pharmaceutical industry is driven as much by luck as by design. more...
By: Krista White
Genetic Engineering is a human-invented technique, right? Wrong. A simple garden bacteria, Agrobacteria first came up with the idea to make genetically modified foods. more...
By: Christine Buske
Greenpeace released a poll suggesting that 80% of the population in British Columbia is concerned about the food they are eating. more...
By: Christine Buske
Recently, scientists managed to genetically engineer cows in which this allele has been "knocked out". These cows may be resistant to developing BSE, or "mad cow". more...
Juice & Medication Doesn't Mix
By: Christine Buske
Some medications can "interact" directly or indirectly with foods we eat or herbal/natural products we take. more...
By: Christine Buske
The H5N1 virus, popularly called the "bird flu" virus, is a subtype of the Influenza A genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family. more...
By: Christine Buske
Virulence of the bird flu virus is partially attributed to its high mutation rate, which greatly facilitates genetic recombination, and as such more virulent strains. more...
By: Christine Buske
Paul L. Appleton managed to take a 'close-up' photo of the colon of a mouse, and for this achievement he won a prize on September 21st in New York. more...
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI)
By: Christine Buske
This is a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that allows one to measure restricted diffusion of water through tissue. .
Genetically Modified Food Safety
By: Christine Buske
The main concern with the safety of genetically engineered (modified) foods is the introduction of changes in the genes that were unintended more...
By: Christine Buske
Genetic modification involves manipulating genes within living organisms to give those organisms desired characteristics they do not naturally have themselves. more...
By: Christine Buske
Bt corn is a GMO (genetically modified organism) is already grown commercially in the United States. more...
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