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Posted by Kelli Fenelon, on 3 July 2024
Since the sequencing of GFP in the 1990’s, interrogation of biological questions using transgenic model organisms expressing genetically engineered fluorescent molecules has exploded across many biological fields. Living organisms are ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 3 November 2022
of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, we’re looking at the gruesome world of plants eating animals. There’s something unnatural about carnivorous plants. We’re so used to plants being at the ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 19 May 2022
In the latest episode of the Genetics Unzipped podcast, Dr Sally Le Page takes a deep dive into the world of squid.Posted by Kat Arney, on 3 June 2021
We discover how researchers have used genetic engineering to turn genes into lifesaving drugs such as insulin, and monoclonal antibodies for treating autoimmune conditions, cancer and infectious diseases like COVID-19.Posted by Kat Arney, on 8 April 2021
We’re taking a look at the history of gene editing, from the early days of restriction enzymes in the 1960s through to the CRISPR revolution and the very latest base ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 26 September 2019
We find out what happens when two cells move in together, unpack the history of genetic engineering and bleat on about Dolly the Sheep.