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Biotechnology covers varied topics about heredity and modern medicine. Learn about hereditary illnesses, artificial blood, hearing aids, and more in this section.

Heredity

Heredity involves the transmission of traits through genetic material from parents to their offspring. Learn about genetic conditions including cystic fibrosis and congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis. See more »

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How Nuclear Medicine Works

Nuclear materials get used in many forms of nuclear medicine -- everything from PET scans to chemotherapy uses them. Learn how nuclear medicine works.

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What are the world's rarest diseases?

What if you were the only person in the world with a disease, and scientists used your name to classify it? How would doctors know what was wrong?

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How Prosthetic Limbs Work

Your body is a remarkable piece of biological machinery, and your limbs are no exception. Did you ever wonder how prosthetic limbs are made and how they are controlled? And are scientists developing bionic artificial limbs?