Tag Archives: biotech

Illumina, a company that offers genome sequencing to the public, has now announced an iPad application to be used to manage your genetic info -- which can be purchased for the low cost of $10k.

New technology involving wireless electrodes gives humans the ability to manipulate objects with brain signals.

Science has led to genetically engineered cows that can create human breast milk. I do not know what to make of this.

New research shows that when you're dumping your boyfriend and he screams "you're hurting me" over and over, you may actually be physically hurting him.

Because a quote from "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" was used in forming the synthetic DNA of a bacteria, said bacteria is now accused of being in violation of copyright.

Going to the doctor is an expensive and potentially time-consuming process. But with the breakthrough of SIMBUS, finding out if you have a medical ailment could become as easy as a diabetes test.

A team from the Feinstein Institute of Medical Research believes that they may have unlocked the secret to treating those suffering from Parkinson's disease.

PepsiCo has introduced what they claim to be the first cola bottle made 100% out of recycled plant bits. Now you don't have to feel bad about buying bottles at the store.

If new research by a team of biologists is to be believed, then human beings may not be the only creatures on Earth that refer to each other by a proper name.

A team led by UCLA's James Liao has developed a way to create a new, ecologically friendly substance that could serve as a more powerful and more efficient alternative to ethanol.