Biology
Biology is the most powerful technology ever created. DNA is software, protein are hardware, cells are factories - Ryan Bethencourt
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Biomimicry: Letting Nature Show Us the Way(s)
Biological evolution is the ultimate trial-and-error forum. Since the origin of life on Earth, living organisms have evolved unguided down wildly forking paths, progressing by way of accidental experimentation (by way of genetic mutation). Some such "experiments" take hold in a population because on average they benefit the survival of that animal in that particular environment (adaptation). As generation gives way to generation a million, a billion, a trillion times over, the adaptations that remain are the ones that do a useful job and do it efficiently. Enter Homo sapiens sapiens a scant 150,000 years ago. Then came abstract thought, symbolic…Featured
Seven Projects Pushing the Boundaries of Biology
For millennia, humans have altered our planet by clearing land for cities and agriculture, hunting animals into extinction, and introducing invasive species into vulnerable ecosystems. What's our next trick going to be?
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Beyond GMOs: The Rise of Synthetic Biology
Genetically modified organisms today usually have just one engineered gene. Scientists now want to create organisms with whole new gene clusters.
Four Decades Of Hacking Biotech And Yet Biology Still Consumes Everything
To put it bluntly, we are far, far away from a world where computers discover drugs, test them virtually in a cloud of robotic assays, and get them to patients with a few clicks of a mouse.
Plants can talk. Yes, really. Here’s how
Animals aren’t the only ones with the gift of gab. But what are plants actually “saying” to each other? The answer could help feed the world.
What Exactly Is Synthetic Biology?
At its core, it’s all about the selective assembly of genetic information. This is where the connection with computer science comes into play. Synthetic biologists aren’t just copying and pasting existing DNA from one place to another—they’re looking to figure out how specific sequences work and then putting them together into new configurations.
Resources
Biological Times
Biological Times magazine is a monthly magazine created with the aim of linking the community with the advancements in research of biological sciences. It was created to fulfill the deficiency of standard scientific magazines regarding communication and extension articles.
Biology Animations
Biology Animations includes selected, high quality biological animations; about cell biology, microbiology, genetics, immunology, cancer treatments and diagnosis...
Current Biology
Current Biology is a general journal that publishes original research across all areas of biology together with an extensive and varied set of editorial sections. A primary aim of the journal is to foster communication across fields of biology, both by publishing important findings of general interest from diverse fields and through highly accessible editorial articles that explicitly aim to inform non-specialists.
Molecular Biology Reports
Molecular Biology Reports is a peer-reviewed general molecular biology journal publishing sound science research and Reviews in all areas of molecular and cellular biology.
Musings in Biology
Welcome to my blog, a place where I can share my greatest inspiration and candidly display the different sides of my passion project. Ever since I launched my site it has been creating buzz, gaining an increased following from day to day.
The Bio-Web
The Bio-Web: Molecular and Cell Biology and Bioinformatics news, tools, books, resources and web applications development.
