You may have remarked that your heart comes to your mouth while entering the examination hall. Does that actually mean your heart leaves its place and reaches for your mouth? No, it doesn't. It's an expression that we use when we can literally feel and hear the blood pounding in our ears. Similar to this, many people experience fainting spells when they see blood; does this … [Read more...] about Factors Affecting Blood Pressure
Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transfer
Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer technique is one of the most effective plants transformation methods. This technique has become very significant for both scientific as well as commercial purposes. The plant transformation is basically done to incorporate our gene of interest in the plant, which will generate a new set of plants with desired traits. Agrobacterium has … [Read more...] about Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transfer
E-Waste Management
Today, we are living in a technologically flooded era wherein mobiles, laptops, PCs, TVs, and hundreds of similar items have become an indispensable part of human life. But, as soon as these gadgets and appliances stop serving their purpose, we throw them away by improper disposable methods. This contributes to the heaps of e-waste. The term E-waste is an abbreviation for … [Read more...] about E-Waste Management
Applications of Biotechnology in Agriculture
Over the past few decades, biotechnology has penetrated almost every significant field, including medical, industrial, genetics, agriculture and so forth. Biotechnology is a wide-ranging science that uses living organisms, their components or biological processes to generate modern-day tools. These tools and techniques not only have the upper hand over conventional ones but … [Read more...] about Applications of Biotechnology in Agriculture
SDS PAGE Protocol
What is SDS PAGE? The full form of SDS PAGE is sodium dodecyl sulphate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. It was developed by biochemistry professor Ulrich K. Laemmli. It is a powerful, well-established and quite an elaborate electrophoresis technique used to obtain high-resolution analytical separation of protein aggregates and fragments. SDS PAGE is an easy, advanced, … [Read more...] about SDS PAGE Protocol