Biotechnology

Many doctors prescribe antibiotics to cure infections. But should they be prescribing viruses instead?

Ethanol is a biofuel that can power a car. Learn about the enzymes, catalysts and processes like fermentation involved in ethanol production.

Medical biotechnology allows scientists to make changes to the genomes of living things. What are the pros and cons of having access to techniques like these?

When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.

In 2013, many Europeans learned their beef lasagnas were actually made of horse meat. Learn about food fraud, and how a Canadian invention can help detect it.

When a person has cancer, CAR-T Therapy uses their own cells to destroy the cancer cells in their body.