BioTechnology Beyond The Medical Sector Most of the attention in the BioTechnology sector is directed toward medicine and pharmaceuticals. The reasons are rather obvious: Biotechnologies can...
Several Types of Diabetes Diabetes is, in fact, two different diseases, both characterized by improper management of blood sugar levels and problems with the insulin hormone...
Peristalsis – A Hidden But Important Muscle Mobility Robotic help to alleviate mobility issues are on the rise, notably exoskeletons. For example, we discussed how it...
More Data For Better Medicine The more we learn about biology, the more we realize all we do not know. It started with the genomic revolution...
The Power Of Vaccines Since their invention in the 19th century, vaccines have been a massive healthcare revolution. In part, they drastically reduced mortality from deadly diseases,...
Predicting Chemical Interactions Drug discovery initially relied on randomly testing new chemical compounds or trying to find active compounds in nature and traditional medicine. A more...
Blood Clotting Medicines Managing blood clotting is very important for medical professionals. We discussed previously how synthetic platelets could be used to induce emergency clotting in...
Rare Diseases – Curing The Incurable While not entirely solved, a lot of major deadly illnesses that have plagued humanity have become more manageable over the...
“Curing” Bleeding with Artificial Platelets A lot of deaths from injuries and accidents are linked to blood loss. While not as discussed as cancer, cardiovascular, or...
The CRISPR Revolution CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a recently discovered tool for genetic editing. It allows for very precise and directed gene editing,...
Why the Flu Shot Fails So Often Some virus species are more likely to mutate and evolve quickly than others. Among the champions of rapid changes...
Antiviral Surfaces The Covid pandemic highlighted the importance of keeping surfaces clean. But this was far from news for hospitals and other sensitive areas struggling to...
Biotech To Limit Fossil Fuel Pollution The rise of shale oil & gas production in the US has been a major change in the global energy...
Improving Gene Therapy In December 2023, the FDA made history by approving the first human gene therapy for sickle cell disease. This was quite a revolution...
The CRISPR Revolution CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a recently discovered tool for genetic editing. It allows for very precise and directed gene...
