Advances in biotechnology will enable scientists to develop treatments for a variety of serious illnesses.
Step 1 : Identify the key terms of the Claim
Step 2 : Identify synonyms, search terms and phrases
Term |
Synonym |
Search Term/Phrase |
biotechnology | bioengineering | |
treatments | therapy | therap* |
serious illness | disease | disease* |
Step 3 : Develop refining questions to narrow the claim - Who? What? Which? How? ...
Which advances in biotechnology?
What treatments?
Which serious illness?
How will the advance treat the illness?
Step 4 : Add to your terms, synonyms and search terms/phrases table
Step 5 : Do background research to answer your refining questions
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