Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to produce therapeutic proteins, holds great promise for treating…
Browsing: Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of biological systems, organisms, or their components to develop innovative technologies and products that improve health, agriculture, industry, and the environment. By combining biology with tools from fields like genetics, engineering, and computer science, biotechnology enables breakthroughs such as gene editing, synthetic biology, biopharmaceuticals, and sustainable biofuels. It plays a critical role in addressing global challenges—from fighting disease and enhancing crop resilience to reducing pollution. Explore this page for the latest advances, applications, and research shaping the rapidly evolving world of biotechnology.
MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have devised a new way to preserve biological tissue, allowing…
The human brain is the most complex and delicate of all the body’s organs, and…
The gene editing technology CRISPR has prompted both breathless predictions of medical breakthroughs and warnings…
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and partner institutions provided today the first published report…
“Therepi” device attaches directly to damaged heart, enabling delivery of medicine from a port under…
Researchers from North Carolina State University have synthesized an analog of lipoxazolidinone A, a small…
A chance to switch to renewable sources for heating, electricity, and fuel, while also providing…
Genome-wide association studies, which look for links between particular genetic variants and incidence of disease,…
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes…
UConn researchers have created a biodegradable composite made of silk fibers that can be used…
Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists at the School of Medicine have revealed how a…
A computer-aided network shows how ion channels in the membrane of neurons are able to…
With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature.…
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of…
Natural bacterium isolated from mushroom crop residue converts plant-based material to butanol directly. A team…
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Nosopharm, a biotechnology company based in…
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and…