The Biotechnology Education Company | Kits & Equipment Designed for the Classroom Since 1987
One of my favorite ways to design new experiments for Edvotek is to be inspired by real world biotechnology news. We've released kits talking about vaccine development, genetic cures with CRISPR, and disease detection using the ELISA. A recent use…
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In humans, plants, and animals, infectious agents can spread from individual to individual, causing sickness. Even bacteria are not immune from infection; small viruses called bacteriophage seek out and attack bacteria, infecting them and using the bacterial cell machinery to…
Those of us familiar with the traditional cast iron steam radiator most likely do not have fond memories. Radiators bang and clatter away while you're trying to fall asleep, lurk against the wall just waiting to burn any exposed skin…
Medical breakthroughs happen when new technologies help us see previously invisible things. In biology, the trend is often to help researchers see the very small. For example, microscopes let humans see and study the many viruses, bacteria, insects, etc. that…
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