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Millions of people are bit by venomous snakes every year, causing severe harm and fatalities through the diverse and complex toxicities of snake venom. Snakebite envenoming is primarily treated using antivenoms produced from animal-derived antibodies. While antivenoms are effective, they…
Taq polymerase is a powerhouse molecule of biotechnology! Daily it’s used to solve crimes, diagnose diseases, personalize medical treatments, monitor food, and power synthetic biology creations – to name just a few. In 1989 it was named Molecule of the…
It all started with an observation. Joe Dorgan, a dairy farmer living on Canada’s Prince Edward Island, noticed that the cows he let graze near the ocean produced more milk than those he kept in land-locked pastures. He thought that…
Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of genetics. Thousands of them join together to form DNA (and RNA) molecules. In turn, each nucleotide molecule is itself composed of three subunits: a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a nitrogen containing…
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