Big Idea: Gene expression, through protein synthesis, is an interaction between genes and the environment.

Be a biochemist! Learn how to extract DNA from an onion and find out what DNA looks like.

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

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?

This backgrounder explains the different ways that cells repair damage to DNA.

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.

Learn the basics of how DNA can be extracted from cells.

This backgrounder explains the effects of radiation on cells and DNA.