It is with some regret, but much optimism for the future that we announce that BitesizeBio.com will cease to produce further articles and videos for biologists at the end of this month. We have been in business producing fantastic content to help scientists at the bench since 2007 and have grown our audience tantalisingly close to [...]

Horsemeat testing is continuing to show that contamination, while lower than when first reported, is still not, well, stable! There’s been horse meat around for donkey’s years..! The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) showed at the end of March that it’s testing found 352 samples out of 362 contained less than 1% horsemeat. Of the [...]

“Bigfoot is real, according to genetic analysis.” That bold statement appears on the website of a new journal, the sole paper in which presents what it claims is a mitochondrial DNA match and gene sequence of the (still-mythical) creature Sasquatch, or Bigfoot. Taking samples from Sasquatch Melba Ketchum, a veterinarian who runs a DNA testing [...]

Searching for ancestors online is a popular activity. So is having your DNA sequenced. But merging the two has created a problem; it’s very, very easy to use genealogy software and DNA sequence data to identify people who are supposed to be anonymous. A spanner in the works This means all sorts of data, like [...]

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) persistently plagues hospitals worldwide. Until now, hospital (or healthcare) MRSA (HA-MRSA) was of a different lineage from MRSA found in the community. Since HA-MRSA could not survive in a non-hospital setting, this made things rather convenient. Testing for HA-MRSA was routine and the isolates, in particular one called ST22, could easily [...]

The last time you forgot an address what was your first instinct: to look it up on a map, or type out the bit you remember into GoogleMaps and wait for it to auto-complete?  What about looking for a new restaurant: did you ask a friend for recommendations, or search for restaurants in your area [...]

It’s that time again: BioConference Live is hosting its (free!) virtual life science conference next week. This two day, all-online event brings speakers on a huge variety of topics right to your desktop and is a great way to catch up with the latest and greatest in the life sciences without having to travel further [...]

I often find myself knee-deep in biotech industry reports, newsletters, industry journals, news, social media and analysis. Every communication piece and organization takes a slightly different angle on summing up the current state and future viability of our industry, but I find a common thread in each. Considerable Opportunity All parties tend to agree that [...]

I just wanted to make a quick announcement to let you know about three new goodies we have just added to Bitesize Bio.  We have been trembling with excitement at the thought of releasing these (or maybe it was just the late night caffeine) — we hope that you will be just as excited! First [...]

  On the 15th February 2001 a draft version of the complete human genome was completed. [1] This draft version was far from perfect but was still a major milestone in the biological world.  So, what has come from this?  What have we learned so far and what is yet to come?   Background The [...]