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Biodiversity prospecting, or bioprospecting, is the exploration of natural resources for useful molecules, biochemicals, and/or genetic information. These discoveries are then developed into commercial products such as medicines. Approximately 25% of medicines are derived from naturally occurring compounds. Most of…
The two first Covid-19 vaccines to release successful Phase III data are both mRNA vaccines. This is a relatively new but promising medical biotechnology. In the next two blogs we’ll explain the basic biology behind it, break down the initial clinical…
This friday it's World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. This debilitating disease affects millions of people world wide. Luckily, scientists have a sound understanding of the genetic cause of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) which makes the disease easier to trace, treat,…
Where do you think biotechnology happens? Here? What about here? Or here? If this was a multiple-choice question the answer would be D. All of the above. At its core, biotechnology is using what we know about biology to solve…
