New Technique Allows Development Of Better Vaccines Against Yellow Fever Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Yellow fever is one of those diseases that you really want to avoid contracting. But for 200,000 people every year, they don’t receive that option. A Yellow Condition The […] More
Uncovering The Small Syringe That Bacteria Use To Attack Your Cells Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. When discussing pathogens infecting cells, we often turn to discussing viruses. But bacteria also have their methods of infection and one of those ways involves injecting toxic compounds […] More
The Scientific Creation of a Fully Synthetic Living Organism Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Progress continues on the Synthetic Yeast Project, an international scientific initiative that aims to build a yeast genome out of completely synthetic chromosomes. The latest update involves seven papers published […] More
Gluten-Free Diets May Contribute To Type II Diabetes Risk Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. It’s best just to start off with the most basic, blatant information about gluten and claims of reactions to it, before we get into today’s study. Debunking Some Pseudoscience Unless […] More
Using Genetically Modified Ants To Figure Out Just How Ants Work Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Ants are fascinating. As examples of highly social, structured, and often single-minded species, ants easily pique the interest of biologists and even scientists as a whole. Similar to […] More
The Symbiotic and Parasitic Relationship Between Orchids and Fungi Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. We’ve discussed symbiotic relationships before, from the endosymbiosis that bacteria have with plants and fungi to the mutualistic relationships between plants and fungi directly. But those occasional dalliances are nowhere […] More
How Rare Species of Bacteria Work Together To Protect Their Community Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Communities of bacteria in the soil and in aquatic environments work together to assist each other. For scientists, it is often difficult to study these organisms because their […] More
Creating An Artificial Embryo Using Genetically Modified Stem Cells Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Cloning is a difficult process. Even with modern technologies, the best we can do is generate matching organs from a person’s stem cells, but this itself is still tricky to […] More
Figuring Out The Lifestyles and Behaviors of Parasitic Worms Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Parasites are some of the most diverse organisms found in nature. They can take a number of different forms and are spread liberally across the kingdom of life. From bacteria […] More
CRISPR Is Not Immune To The Development Of Resistance Genes Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Depending on your point of view about biotechnology, recent revelations about the effects of CRISPR on organisms could be good or bad. As a science writer for Bioscription, I […] More
The Creation Of An Electricity-Transferring Cyborg Rose Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Plants have been used for a lot of purposes over the years. Other than food and decoration, they have helped in creating clothing, lumber for construction, soaps and oils for showers, a […] More
Wolbachia, The Arthropod-Controlling Bacteria That Lords Over Reproduction Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Across the entire phylum of arthropods, there is something that unites almost all of them. Beyond their genetics and their physiology that places them within Arthropoda in the first place, there […] More
