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Biotech Talk
Aug 11, 20232 min read
How do Artificial Limbs connect with the body?
Artificial limbs, or prosthetics, have impacted the lives of individuals with limb loss or deficiencies. They work to mimic the functions...


Sophia Su
Aug 4, 20232 min read
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: The usage of biotechnology in the pharmaceutical environment has been exponentially increasing in recent...


Charlotte Ma
Jul 27, 20232 min read
Artificial Gene Synthesis
Artificial gene synthesis is a biological engineering process that enables scientists to rewrite and create genes. The ability to rewrite...


Kelly Song
Jul 21, 20232 min read
Sugar’s Effects on the Human Brain
Glucose and the Brain: The human brain is made up of a network of nerve cells called neurons. Although neurons exist throughout the body,...


Naaga Senthil
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Magnetic Bacteria In Cancer Treatment
Cancer is currently one of the world’s largest health issues, taking the lives of over 690,000 people each year in the US alone. As the...


Biotech Talk
Jul 7, 20232 min read
Gravity’s Effects on Cell Movement
Gravity is the attraction that pulls all matter towards each other and has a profound impact on the universe. This force affects even the...


Sophia Su
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Genetic Modification of Plants
Genetic Modification: The process of genetic modification is used to give various organisms more desirable properties, by altering the...


Charlotte Ma
Jun 23, 20232 min read
What is Bioenergy?
Bioenergy is energy derived from organic matter, such as plants, animals, and their byproducts. Bioenergy plays a pivotal role in the...


Kelly Song
Jun 16, 20232 min read
Bioprinting Human Organs
Organ Donation and Transplantation: Organ donation and transplantation is the removal of an organ from a donor and the surgical process...


Kelly Song
Feb 27, 20232 min read
Biotechnology and Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is most often associated with the gaming industry, however, with the Covid-19 pandemic placing a special emphasis on...


Devika Rao
Feb 13, 20232 min read
Brain Cells Play Games Too
A research team in Australia has just proved something truly remarkable—for the first time ever, it has been found that human brain cells...


Devika Rao
Jan 30, 20231 min read
Biotechnology and Wine Making
More than 44% of American adults consume wine on a weekly basis—did you know that biotechnology is actually involved in the process of...


Kelly Song
Jan 16, 20232 min read
Antibiotic Bone Cement
Intro: In late 2022, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital shared their development of a robust, computer-program-generated...


Sanika Patil
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Biotechnology On Your Dinner Table
Isn’t it lovely to spend time with our family, cooking delicacies and continuing holiday traditions that have been passed on for...


Radhika Kanjikar
Nov 22, 20221 min read
Stem Cells and Organ Generation
A stem cell can turn into any type of cell in the body, examples of this are muscle, brain, or liver cells. For this reason stem cells...


Kelly Song
Nov 14, 20222 min read
A New Covid-Like Virus
In September of 2022, a new Covid-like virus was found in Russia, known as Khosta-2. Much like COVID-19, this new virus is found in bats,...


Charlotte Li
Nov 7, 20222 min read
Researcher of the Month: Aoife McLysaght
At 27, Aoife McLysaght became Trinity College Dublin’s youngest professor in history. As the head of the Genetics Department, she has...


Frances Kueper
Nov 3, 20222 min read
Could There be a Cancer Vaccine?
BioNTech has recently emerged into the mainstream due to its production of COVID vaccines, but the company was initially established in...

Sanika Patil
Oct 31, 20222 min read
The Biotechnology Behind Chocolate
Every Halloween, kids parade the streets in spooky costumes, going from house to house in search of delicious candy. Undoubtedly, candy...


Radhika Kanjikar
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Biocatalysts and Environmental Sustainability
Enzymes are a type of protein that help change the speed of chemical reactions by acting as a catalyst. Biocatalysts are a type of enzyme...
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