Year 10 Biotechnology: Biotechnology

Step 1 : Identify the key terms of the Claim

Advances in biotechnology will enable scientists to develop treatments for a variety of serious illness.

Step 2 : Identify synonyms, search terms and phrases

Step 3 : Develop refining questions to narrow the claim - Who? What? Which? How? ...

Consider the following:

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

Now that you have narrowed the claim with specifics, add this detail to your keyword table.

Step 5 : Do background research to answer your refining questions

Use the help provided here to develop your database search skills.

Remember: use the LIMITERS to make your search more specific and relevant.

Click here to be directed to a guide for help on using Databases efficiently.

In the EBSCO One Search, click on Advnaced search and replicate this search (below) to get started:

From these results:

• Read articles that interest you;

• Add relevant search terms to your table

• Apply these new search terms to determine how much information is readily available

• IF you think there is ENOUGH information and research about your chosen topic, develop your research question.

Here are some articles to get you started (all found from the above search):

• Genetically modified T Cells in cancer therapy: Opportunities and challenges

• The Basic Principles of Chimeric Antigen Receptor Design

• Investigators from Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit Zero in on Alzheimer Disease (Nanoparticle Formulations in the Diagnosis and Therapy of Alzheimer's Disease)

• Findings from National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology provides new data about personalized medicine (The next generation personalized models to screen hidden layers of breast cancer tumorigenicity)
• The global role of biotechnology for non communicable disorders

Step 6 : Develop a draft research question