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Imagine being able to grow replacement for brain, muscle or organ tissue in the lab which can be implanted into a patient without being rejected. That too with your own cell. This type of cells are known as stem cells. There is buzz about stem cell in the medical industry today and people are calling it a miracle of science.Disease like Alzheimer’s may be treated successfully for the first time. Looking ahead, some experts have even predicted about growing fully functioning heart, liver and limbs. Here are 12 lesser known facts about stem cell research that you should know: 1.k

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7-26% of couples worldwide are infertile. There are many causes of infertility.Many cases of apparent infertility are treatable. Infertility may have a single cause in one of the partners, or it could be the result of a combination of factors. Male infertility Infertility due to male factor accounts for at least 40% of infertility cases. For this reason, it is very important that men also be investigated for fertility problems. While blockages and problems producing healthy sperm are often the main reasons for male infertility, there are a variety of issues that can diagnosed. Once a diagnosis has been made

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Bio robotics are everywhere. From the movies to real present day medicine.Robots and Biology put the two together and you have Bio Robotics. It doesn’t matter which way you combine them either. You can program or design a robot to be like a living organism. Think robots that look like humans or mechanisms that can replace limbs  or even the Terminator. Here are 30 facts about Bio robotics that you never knew about: 1. Bio-Robotics is defined as the collective study of Cybernetics, Bionics and Genetic Engineering . 2. The creation of life from non-living matter for example, would be …

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Given the choice, would you rather have been born with a different eye color, hair color or ­skin tone? Maybe you would have chosen to be taller, thinner or more muscular. Of course, you didn’t have these options. The physical and personal traits a person winds up with are just one big roll of the dice, with only the biological parents’ genes to draw from. However, within advances in genetics research, people may soon select their children’s physical and personality traits like they pick out options on a new car. This genetic technique is widely known as “Designer Babies” If …

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From lip implants to dissolving fat,technologically advanced beauty procedures are evolving so quickly that one practically needs a degree to keep up with the research. Researchers are using  biotechnology and other cutting-edge advances for anti-aging and aesthetics.  Here are some latest anti-aging treatments you can use to remain forever young: 1. Lip gloss in a syringe Over inflated lips are so outdated now. Scientist have created a syringe made from hyaluronic acid that fills out furrows and helps to give you a luscious, hydrated pout. It creates a very natural-looking result, which lasts up to a year 2. Plastic bristles to push …

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When it comes to image maintenance, men have comparatively easy or at least that’s what the world assumes. You can skip over make-up,Brazilian waxes and cellulite lotions but thanks to the double-edged sword called life, men also have their own cross to bear in the name of aesthetics: namely hair loss and the search for baldness cures. According to research almost 50 per cent of men will experience some degree of male pattern baldness by the time they’re fifty. And, for many, that starts  far earlier, with some battling the condition in their late teens. So, biologically speaking, what exactly is …

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Millions of people worldwide have been helped by more than 200 biotechnology drugs and vaccines Biotechnology has been responsible for hundreds of medical diagnostic tests which keeps the blood supply safe from the AIDS virus and detect other conditions early enough to be successfully treated. Even the home pregnancy test kits are biotechnology diagnostic products. So who benefits from this multi million dollar industry? If you are with your family right now, you’re looking at people who are benefiting from biotechnology. Has any member of your family ever been vaccinated against hepatitis B?  If so, you have biotechnology to thank …

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If you do a quick search on immune stimulation you will find thousands of sites claiming it to be a formula that might change health related problems such as chronic pain, an autoimmune disease or cancer. Imune stimulation refers to the stimulation of the immune system by an external source. The stimulation can act as a protective effect against microorganisms. So what could immune stimulation be used for? Today when antibiotic resistance bacteria is rising, scientist are trying to deal with it by stimulating the immune system rather than killing the bacteria. Since antibiotics only work for bacterial infections, immune …

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Given the multitude of emerging technologies, especially advancements in DNA synthesis, it’s impossible to ignore how important bioindustries will be in the 21st century. Some amazing facts about modern biotechnology that may not have existed otherwise. 1. PCR is a machine that is  used to identify the sources of new infectious diseases. This technology was used during the SARS epidemic in 2002 and 2003 for identification of Coronavirus and to trace its origins  work which took just one year to complete. Finding a similar needle in a haystack (Earth) would have been nearly impossible without PCR. 2. With so many …

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Ever wondered how giraffe got its huge neck or why snakes are so long. DNA sequencing technology has helped scientists to solve questions that humans have wondered about animals for centuries.The discovery of these phenomenon certainly raises questions about how genomes evolve, and what could have been missed from existing genome sequencing projects. Since we are now able to map out animal genomes, there is better understanding about how animals evolved in their own unique ways. Certain genes have been found missing in animal species, which is present in other similar species and must be present to keep the animals …

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There are many things you might imagine being  put on a chip. But what are the chances of finding living, breathing human organs in  one of them? Organ on-chips is becoming a hot topic in biotechnology these days. These chips will have a closer resemblance to computer components than human body parts as researchers are focusing on models for a whole range of organs, including the liver, the lung, and even the female reproductive system.The chips were first developed for evaluating the effectiveness of drugs but have come to be seen as a potentially useful technology in our efforts to …

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The rise in food prices and feeding the growing global population is an issue that is growing day by day. This is one of the reason to focus on the benefits of biotechnology. Biotech plants can produce more food on less land, by reducing the amount of crops lost to disease and pests. It can help in reducing CO2 emissions from the farming process, the amount of pesticides used to produce foods, and in the future, the amount of water needed to grow crops. Scientists have been looking at ways to enhance the nutritional value of foods continuously. Here is …

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3D printing is not new but it sure has got researchers hooked up see. Not only is it capbale of making transplantable organs from one’s  stem cells, but now it might be able to replace a bone soon. The researchers have used 3-D scaffold which can be molded exactly in the shape of hips. A living hip replacement will prove to be a boon for treating worn, arthritic hips without extensive surgery to replace them. They programmed stem cells to grow new cartilage on a 3-D template shaped like the ball of a hip joint. And by using gene therapy, …

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Cannabis therapies are always with controversy and there is conflicting evidence on their benefits, however. They have demonstrated tremendous potential for treating medical conditions like cancer,epilepsy etc. The main problem is that the treatment depends on cannabinoids passing through the blood-brain barrier, while others require rapid absorption into the bloodstream. Conventional delivery systems are not suitable for achieving these goals, that has prompted many companies to develop alternatives. Here are four alternative delivery system for patients to absorb medical cannabis: 1.Lipid Encapsulation   The main issue with swallowed medicine is that they are subject to so-called first pass metabolism. And to …

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Researcher have found out that bananas might be extinct within just a few years. This may have open the door for synthetic biologists to come up with a new idea of making synthetically modified banana to replace the yellow Cavendish banana that we have come to know and love. This modified banana will look like a real banana and even have the same taste since it has the same DNA as of real banana. But the only difference is that it will be engineered in a bio-foundry by a team of technologists. This genetically engineered banana would have some of …

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Vancomycin 1.0 just got its sucessor which is now stronger and better. Vancomycin has has been used to fight infections like Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. But as the bacteria has been evolving the effectiveness of antibiotic had degraded. The researchers have now engineered more potent versions of the drug known as vancomycin 3.0 whose unique three-pronged approach to killing bacteria may give doctors a powerful new weapon against drug-resistant bacteria. Vancomycin is famously knwon as the drug of last resort. It prevents the bacteria from building cell walls. It binds to wall-building protein fragments called peptides, in particular those that …

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Often new technology has the ability to inspire or terrify yet excite us. By now you must have figure out by now what a nanobot really is. These robots are so small that you cannot see them with your naked eyes After all, each one is supposed to be on the scale of the nano meter, that is around one billionth of a meter in length.In a world of cyborgs, it seems pretty likely that many people will have some number of nanobots in their blood, completing tasks such as clearing away blockages, monitoring health, and boosting the immune system in …