Biotechnology
91 articles and keynote videos (44 with video) since 2008, newest first.
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Health · 2008
What is biotechnology, genetic engineering?
The Genetic Revolution Chapter 1: The end of the line - intro to genes Chapter 2: Playing God - genetic engineering Chapter 3: Cloning copi…
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Health · 2008
Human milk from cows and other farming issues
Human milk from cows - The pros and cons of genetic engineering in farm animals Human milk from cows - The pros and cons of genetic enginee…
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Health · 2008
Gender selection: is it right to chose a boy or a girl?
Should gender selection be allowed for parents wanting a baby boy or girl? Gender selection is widely practised around the world.
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Health · 2008
Headless humans clones could grow organs in ten years
Headless human clones to make organs? Well another method is nearly here: scientists have grown an entire kidney from a pig inside a mouse …
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Health · 2008
Smallpox: Video
Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What are biological weapons eg smallpox? Threat from chemical weapons and biological …
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Health · 2008
A Gene Charter: human cloning, GM food, transgenic animals
Cloning is just one example of the great power of gene technology, a technology we urgently need to treat or cure diseases such as diabetes…
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Health · 2008
Biological Weapons
Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What are biological weapons or biological weapons? Threat from chemical weapons and b…
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Health · 2008
BSE increases worries about gene foods
BSE increases worries about gene foods. (Archive material) Recent participation on BBC's the Food Programme and BBC World Service TV has co…
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Health · 2008
Could headless human clones be created to grow organs?
British scientists have created a frog embryo without a head. Could the same procss used to create the headless frog be adapted to grow hum…
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Health · 2008
Flies with eyes on wings, vaccine in bananas, breast milk in cows
Pigs with human genes have been in the news as Cambridge surgeons prepare to transplant their hearts and kidneys into human beings, but thi…
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Health · 2008
Germ warfare: mutant bugs could wipe out human life
The thought of catching a cold and then getting cancer is horrifying. Such a scenario has come a big step closer - British scientists tryin…
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Health · 2008
Germ warfare: new threat from superbugs
Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What is Biological Warfare ? Threat from chemical weapons and biological agents as we…
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Health · 2008
Germ Warfare: Video
Mutant superbugs, viruses, plague - video / pictures. What is germ warfare? Threat from chemical weapons and biological agents as weapons o…
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Health · 2008
Human genes into pigs to make hearts for people
Xenortansplants - safety, reliability and ethics. There are three fundamental questions to ask regarding the use of organs from "humanised"…
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Health · 2008
Humanised pork chops, scorpion poison salad and rubber tomatos
Human genes for breakfast? You may one day be eating steak, chicken, pork or lamb made from human and animal genes.
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Health · 2008
Monarch Butterfly deaths from GM pollen
Monarch butterlies may be threatened by pollen from genetically modified maize. That's the conclusion of a new Monarch Butterfly survival s…
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Health · 2008
Monkey head transplant
Head transplants in monkeys, headless frog, cloned sheep, designer humans - yes everything is different now - Video (1997) Head transplants…
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Health · 2008
Press release on launch of The Genetic Revolution
"We urgently need gene technology to cure diseases like AIDS and cystic fibrosis, and to feed the world, but we do need to ask what kind of…
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Health · 2008
Scorpion poison genes added to cabbages kill caterpillers
Frankenstein goes shopping. Designer food - Co-op food retailing group announced a ban on selling beef, pork or other meat with added human…
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Health · 2008
The Future of the Biotech Industry
What is Biotech? The Future of Biotech. Are biotech companies good investments? Future of biotechnology, genetics, health care, pharmaceuti…
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Health · 2008
What is Biotechnology?
Biotechnology is the use of the science of genetics: alteration of genetic code by artificial means, and is therefore different from tradit…
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Health · 2008
You are more than a bag of biodata
More than a bag of biodata - The mystery of life.Making new kinds of animals, plants or even humans is within our grasp using gene technolo…
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Health · 2008
Cow to give birth to a bison
Scientists at Massachusetts Advances Cell Technology (ACT) succeeded in cloning a gaur, an ox-line animal at threat of extinction in Southe…
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Health · 2008
Future of Medicine and Biotech
Everything you wanted to know about the future of health care industry and related themes. Keynote speech plus videos below by Dr Patrick D…
