Although most proteins are heat-labile, some proteins are known to be stable even at the boiling temperature of water. Continue reading Proteins that do not give up easily: Heat-stable & acid-stable proteins
Most biologists would agree that the most extraordinary development of the 21st century has been the discovery and manipulation of the CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing – a natural defence mechanism that bacteria use to defend against viral infection which scientists have hijacked to modify the DNA sequence of living cells. Continue reading Prime editing – a cutting edge new development in genomic engineering
I was absolutely thrilled when I heard I had won the Biochemical Society’s 2019 Industry and Academic Collaboration award! Continue reading Industry and Academic Collaboration 2019 award winner
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Did you know that there are fewer human cells in our body than bacterial cells? For the human body to contain anything other than our own cells has always caused controversy; however, the idea of a second genome has been around for a while. Continue reading What is the Second Genome and how does it affect us?
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