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
Mass Production Of Rare Medicines With Biotechnology And Organogenesis Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Obtaining medical substances isn’t always an easy task. In the early days of history, the only available sources were from plants and fungi, whereby substances were derived from them in […] More
Using Genetic Modification To Produce A New Source Of Rubber Plants Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Rubber is one of those unusual substances that isn’t thought about much, but is used in practically everything. From the simple and direct usage in tires for vehicles […] More
Creating GMO Plants To Let Them Hold Their Breath Underwater Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. Plants aren’t all that different than animals, when it comes down to it. While they can photosynthesize their needs from the sun, for the most part, they still require […] More
Making An Artificial Tree On A Chip For Hydraulic Robotic Power Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. We’ve discussed the creation of electronic plants recently and the idea of using plants as electrical storage and transferring devices, allowing an electric connection from, say, one end […] More
Saving East Africa From The Pestilent Famine Of The Sugarcane Mosaic Virus Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. The fight against Potyviruses is seemingly neverending in agriculture. Say Hello To Another Terrible Potyvirus As past discussions have shown, they are some of the most deadly […] More
How Water Bears Use Glass-Like Coverings To Keep Themselves From Drying Out Delving into the depths of newly published science in the field of biotechnology, welcome to Bioscription. In studies of how to survive in space and in hostile environments, there is often no better a scientific specimen than the tardigrade, the so-called water bear. […] More
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
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
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
