Tag: bioengineering
Walking Wonder: More to Appreciate About Kinesin, the “Workhorse of the Cell”
In our video, this molecular motor appears to walk slowly and deliberately, but remember: the narrator says it can take a hundred steps a second.
The New Yorker Takes “A Journey to the Center of Our Cells”
There’s a problem that biologists have long pondered — how do proteins find other proteins within the cell that they are supposed to interact with?
#9 Story of 2021: Verdicts of “Poor Design” in Biology Have a Poor Track Record
For years people cited the wiring of the vertebrate eye as evidence of “poor design” in biology.
Do Proteins Lack Metals, Reflecting Poor Design?
According to Erika DeBenedictis, “one of the big limitations of biology are the basic building blocks themselves.”
Exploring a TEDx Talk that Argues Biology Is “Imperfect” with “Gigantic Mistakes”
Proponents of intelligent design would agree that biology is imperfect and biomedicine should be encouraged to cure diseases and fix problems.