Berg was awarded one-half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 for his work with recombinant DNA technology. In this webinar, Stefan Radtke will discuss the development of new high-throughput ...

In September 1970, Janet Mertz joined the biochemistry department at Stanford University. She was one of only six new graduate students in the department and the first female one admitted in nine ...

Recombinant DNA (rDNA) refers to artificial DNA molecules that are created by combining genetic material from different sources. This technology involves the insertion of DNA fragments from one ...

“BIOHAZARDS AT HARVARD,” warns the cover of the June 8, 1976 issue of the Boston Phoenix. “Scientists are on the brink of undertaking revolutionary genetic research which creates new life forms,” the ...

A huge budget increase proposed by the president. Numerous legislative initiatives at the federal and state level. Public fears of biological harm. That is the new reality brought to us by ...

Despite the hundreds of millions of vials of blood drawn every year for medical testing, scientists have only scratched the surface of its diagnostic potential. The blood proteome — which includes all ...