Who discovered penicillin in 1928?
AnswerAlexander Fleming
Fleming noticed mold killing bacteria in a petri dish.
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7 fact-checked facts about biotechnology, genetics and the life sciences, each with the reason behind it. 5 more are in today's round and join this page after it closes.
The basics
What is the shape of the DNA molecule?
AnswerA double helix
Two strands twist around each other.
Going deeper
Which gene-editing tool, adapted from a bacterial defense system, earned a 2020 Nobel Prize?
AnswerCRISPR-Cas9
CRISPR lets scientists cut DNA at precise spots.
Dolly the sheep, the first mammal cloned from an adult cell, was created in which country?
AnswerScotland
Dolly was born in 1996 at the Roslin Institute.
Early recombinant human insulin was produced using which organisms?
AnswerBacteria
Genetically engineered E. coli made insulin in the late 1970s.
Expert level
Which two scientists won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR gene editing?
AnswerEmmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna
They developed CRISPR-Cas9 as a gene-editing tool.
Which company, founded in 1976, is often called the first biotech company?
AnswerGenentech
Genentech pioneered recombinant DNA products.
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