Biotechnology Teacher Resources

Explore arguments for and against cloning. Includes an introduction of how cloning can be done.

Discover the potential that nanotechnology has for manufacturing. Find out how nanotechnology may affect medicine and even the military.

In this biochemistry science fair project, investigate how protein concentrations change in milk during different stages of cow lactation. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective,...

Understand why stem cells are sought after for healing human diseases through cell-based therapies in this article and its supporting resources.

An article identifying how critical bioethics education is for those studying and practicing medicine in the 21st century.

In efforts to cure some cases of Type I diabetes scientists are considering xenotransplantation. With this practice, islets from animals other than human are transplanted into humans. With further studies scientists will discover...

Examine boundaries between science and ethics as scientists work with genetic testing and discovery.

An in-depth look into the potential benefits to animal cloning. This process could provide us with food designed to help fight disease, protect endangered species, enhance livestock, and create opportunity for biomedical research.

Paleontologists and molecular biologists have searched for a couple of decades to find and replicate DNA from some non-avian dinosaur fossil. [0:59]

Introduction to DNA cloning. [11:07]

Introduction to gel electrophoresis and how it's used to separate DNA fragments or other macromolecules. [10:59]

Introduction to PCR (polymerase chain reaction). [9:53]

Introduction to genetic engineering, human breeding, recombinant DNA, and bioethics. [6:31]