Controlling Schistosomiasis Parasites By Learning How To Kill Snails Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. There are far more dangerous and lethal diseases out there than one usually thinks about. Gruesome conditions brought on by bacteria, viruses, and, often the most directly disgusting of all, […] More
Carnivorous, Flowering Bladderwort Reveals Depths of Gene Duplication Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Genetics can get weird. Especially so in plants, which are more conducive to hybridization and duplications of their entire genome. Polyploidy, as such a duplication is called, is often rampant across […] More
Why Don’t Damaging Mutations Kill Off Humanity And Complex Life? Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. How is humanity still alive? How is most complex life still going in the first place? Biologically speaking, the number of genetic mutations we have with every generation that […] More
Resurrecting Ancient Proteins To Fight Back Against Modern Viruses Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Viruses have a variety of tactics they employ in their attacks on bacteria, plants, and animals like us. Their ultimate goal is to hijack the systems of the cell and […] More
A New Class of CRISPR Detailed and Its Variants Discovered Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Revelations on new types of CRISPR classes and proteins continue to be found with every new month of research. This isn’t a surprising fact, as CRISPR is a system […] More
Investigating The Tea Genome And How To Make More Flavorful Tea Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Even more so than coffee, tea is the most popular drink in the world, barring alcohol itself. Its history stretches back thousands of years and across dozens of […] More
Parasitic Worms Use Toxic Venom To Liquefy Insects Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Parasitic worms seem to be a topic being covered here more often as of late, but that’s likely because they are just as involved in every aspect of our lives as […] More
Bacteria-Eating Amoeba Effective Against Antibiotic-Resistant Biofilms Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Biofilms are an ingenious evolutionary creation, but one that gives us humans a lot of trouble in fighting bacteria. Film Development Originally, there was no real need for bacteria to clump together in […] More
New Modified Antibodies Enable Fight Against MRSA And Other Bacteria Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. The human immune system is usually a tireless worker that does its best to keep us protected from pathogen invasion. But even for all of its complexity, there are […] More
Genetic Protection For Plants Against Parasitic Worm Attack Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Parasitic worms aren’t only a threat to animal or insects, plants have to deal with them as well. The Worms Attack While these sorts of worms may not outright kill their […] More
CRISPR-Cas9 Allows Photographic Imaging Of Genes In Live Cells Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Imaging cellular processes has always been difficult. With biotechnology, we have been able to use marker genes like green fluorescent protein (GFP) to follow the activities of individual cells, but […] More
Plants Use Root Structures To ‘Listen’ And Search For Water Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Water is important for life. It is a primary source of structure and function in all life forms, even including viruses that use it as interstitial fluid for containing […] More
