Life Sciences
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Biotechnology: Definition, History, Career and Courses
What is biotechnology exactly? What is its history and future and why should you study it? Let’s explore this exciting field further. -
Introducing Actinomycetes: The Producers of Valuable Metabolites
Actinomycetes are a gram positive, unicellular bacterium that have similar traits to fungi in that they are filamentous, forming branching networks of hyphae and ... -
The Timeline of Antibiotics
An antibiotic is a substance having the ability to inhibit or kill microorganisms, with a specific mode of action. They are credited with saving ... -
Top 10 Jobs for Biomedical Science Degree Graduates in SG
Singapore’s biomedical sciences industry is a growing industry. It is known as the leading location for companies in the biomedical sciences industry to innovate ... -
Game Based Learning
We can define technology as the use of various tools to produce results [1]. Young learners use a computer for both entertainment, as well ... -
Biotechnology degrees, what you can do with them?
Biotechnology harks back to the early days of human civilisation, when people discovered the beneficial properties of fermentation, utilised in bread-making, beer brewing, wine ... -
Bacterial Staining Techniques
I was involved in training a group of students from the Korea Bio Meister High School on bacterial staining techniques and share my views ... -
Hepatitis A
The liver is one of the most important organs in the human body and plays a vital role in metabolism, excretion, digestion, osmoregulation, detoxification ... -
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS): Symptoms and Treatments
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-1. First reports of the SARS outbreak began at Foshan in the ... -
Pandemic – COVID-19: The Coronavirus Disease Uncovered
The Coronavirus is a pathogen that has a direct impact on the respiratory system. In the past, this type of virus had caused other ...
