Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society and director of the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, discusses how the successful development of antiviral strategies and gene therapies could be given to...

It explains various applications of biotechnology in medicine including insulin production, gene therapy and molecular diagnosis

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disease. It is caused by a defective gene on one of the chromosomes which has been inherited from the parents. The severity varies greatly from person to person, and largely depends on how much the lungs are...

Gene technology includes a range of activities that take advantage of genetic variation, modifying genes and transferring genes to new hosts. It includes genetic engineering and genetic testing. Gene technology is the term given to...

In this biology playlist, we've learned so much about DNA and living organisms! Well, so has mankind over the past century, and oh, what we have done with this knowledge! It's pretty incredible when you stop and think about it. Let's go...

When we looked at some areas of biotechnology earlier in the series, we briefly touched on gene therapy, without saying much about what it is. Now we are ready to dive into this topic and see what it is all about. If a person has a...