Water Contaminated With Arsenic May Be Cleansed By Discovery Of New Bacteria Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Contaminated drinking water is one of the main health concerns in the world, especially within developing countries. And the greatest contaminant that health officials have to deal […] More
MARGI Tool Allows For Full Understanding Of The Human Genome Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. The Human Genome Project, a proposal to sequence the entirety of the human genome and all of its nucleotides, was completed in April of 2003. While there are still […] More
Bacterial Symbiosis Discovery May Allow Dozens of Crop Disease Treatments Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. When dealing with fungi, it is never just the organism itself that is the problem, but also the many mutualistic relationships it has in the soil. In some cases, […] More
PRRS-Resistant Pigs Produced Using CRISPR-Cas9 For DNA Deletion Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Another success of CRISPR-Cas9 has just been announced with the production of pigs that are likely resistant to one of the scourges of porcine husbandry, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). […] More
The New Smallest Version of CRISPR-Cas9 Has Been Discovered Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. The other day on Bioscription, we discussed the South Korean Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and their work with CRISPR-Cpf1 in soybeans. Today, the same organization has released a study […] More
UK Scientists Produce Broccoli Lines That Can Be Grown Year-Round Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Would you like to eat broccoli year round and also increase harvests to twice a season? Well, that’s what researchers at the John Innes Centre in the UK are […] More
A New And Worse Threat To Bees Is Steadily Emerging Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. A popular and pressing issue currently in agriculture is the issue of bees and their fate in a modernizing world. Both for domesticated honey bees, who appear to be […] More
Antibiotic Resistance To One Antibiotic May Cause Multi-Drug Resistance Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Antibiotic resistance continues to be a growing problem in medicine. While overuse of antibiotics plays its role, the general fact of population and usage over time lends itself to the […] More
New Gene Therapy Vaccinations Represented In Mice Glowing Like Fireflies Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. The scientific breakthroughs just keep on coming hard and fast. At least in the realm of science, when asked what time period you’d like to live in, the answer […] More
New CRISPR-Cpf1 Used To Make Soybeans Healthier With No DNA Change Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. CRISPR’s capabilities have been expanded once again, this time to be used to increase the amount of healthy fats in soybeans. Let’s skip right into the details for […] More
Genetically Modified Egg-Less Hens Used For Rare Bird Breeding Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Just because new techniques and technologies are developed doesn’t mean the oldies aren’t still as useful as they were before. Today’s topic is related to the topic of de-extinction, in […] More
Scientists create a biorobotic diode to treat degenerative diseases Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. What do the terms biorobotics and biocomputing mean to you? For some of you in the know, you may think to bring up the research to design robotic systems that […] More
