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Breakthroughs in Tissue EngineeringA tissue is an aggregate of cells, growing and thriving in an environment where they adhere and interact with one another. Tissue Engineering is the use of bioengineering methods to create, improve, develop and grow tissues, which then may be used for grafting, cartilage repair or, ultimately, re... |
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Challenges Remain for Stem Cell TherapiesThere are many challenges to making stem cell therapies such as regenerative medicine actually work in a therapeutic setting. We might be able to harvest stem cells, from either blastocysts or by creating pluripotent cells from already differentiated tissues, but that's really only the beginning ... |
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Imagine H1N1 in 1850It's the year 1847, at a hospital in Vienna. The theory of spontaneous generation is still prevalent in medical circles and story of biotechnology has not yet begun. Hungarian doctor, Ignaz Semmelweis, noting high incidence of post-partum deaths from puerpural fever (caused by Streptococcus organ... |
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Biotech Discoveries and the World War II ConnectionIt's Veteran's Day in the USA, Remembrance Day in Canada and England, and, while it may be called something different in other countries of the world, a day to remember the sacrifices of those who defend our freedom. Did you know there's a connection between World War II and one of the greatest d... |
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PCR and Synthetic BiologyWhen asked about the origins of synthetic biology, the most primitive, and first commercially expoited, example that comes to my mind is the construction of oligonucleotides for PCR. Oligo means short or small, and short-chains of nucleotides (DNA or RNA fragments) have become important tools in ... |
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H1N1: What are the Real Risks?Travelling during a global pandemic is a risky business! I just got back from a trip to another province of Canada, a four hour flight away. While Ontario is handing out Swine Flu vaccine to the "priority groups" - small children, seniors and health-care workers, BC is facing a shorta... |
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