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Top 10 most innovative biotech companies in the world
Biotechnology is multidisciplinary field that can be divided into 4 more specific areas, using color coding system. Red biotechnology is dedicated to design as much products and devices related to the...
View ArticleScreening Methods for Mutants/Recombinants in Recombinant Technology
Mutations are genetic changes or modifications caused by chemical and physical mutagens. Mutations can results from modification of a single base or few bases. However this can result in change or...
View ArticleTumor Inducing Plasmids (Ti plasmid) of Agrobacterium
Tumor inducing plasmids (Ti Plasmids) are double stranded circular DNA present in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. This article gives you complete information of these Ti Plasmids. Agrobacterium is a gram...
View ArticleWhy Escherichia Coli an important tool in Biotech Industries
The bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) are one among the other microorganisms constituting the micro flora of the gut of the warm blooded animals including humans. These are called as beneficial...
View ArticleProteomics - New biology in the field of Science
In the last decade, there has been vast development in the field of science and biomedicine. The whole sequencing of the human genome is certainly a milestone in the development and progress of...
View ArticleDNA to mRNA: Transcription in Eukaryotes
According to the central dogma of molecular biology, gene expression is regulated through copying the DNA sequence into mRNA and production of encoded proteins. In this synthesizing mRNA complementary...
View ArticleCocoa to Chocolates: Microbial Fermentation of Cocoa
Chocolates are the wonder product comes out from cocoa. Cocoa fruits are yellow pods with a violet colour kernel. Many varieties are found in different countries such as Criollo, Trinitaro etc. Size,...
View ArticlePolyethylene, Polypropylene or Intelligent Packaging: Food Packaging
Food packaging is an important step in food manufacturing operations. Food packaging ensures the shelf life of the food item protecting it from external barriers such as insect pests, microbes and also...
View ArticleRegulation of Gene Expression : LAC Operon
In 1961, Francis Jacob and Jacques Monad described Operon model for genetic control of lactose lactose metabolism in E. coli. Operon refers to a group of genes that functions together to achieve a...
View ArticleChromosomal Aberrations: Numerical disorders and Structural abnormalities
The chromosomes represent genetic material of an organism and are the most stable organic compound that maintains constancy both in number and structure. However chromosomes undergo unusual changes...
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A guide for biotech education: popular biotechnology universities in Europe
To become successful in biotechnology, you need to get a proper education first. Here’s the list of few European schools that are providing enough knowledge for any career in biotech you want....
View ArticleAssociates Degree in Biotech?
I was thinking about getting a 2 year degree in Biotechnology. Is this a good idea? Will there be job opportunities?
View ArticleDrug formulation in drug development process
In the drug development process, the prospective drugs undergo a number of trials and are screened at various stages to generate the final potent drug for the treatment of various diseases. During the...
View ArticleLactic Acid Bacteria as Probiotics and Effect of Prebiotics
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are gram positive, non sporing, cocci or rods that produce lactic acid as the end product of sugar fermentation. The taxonomic boundaries of Lactic acid bacteria have been...
View ArticleRole of Microbes in Fermented Food
Fermentation is the process of controlling microbes (bacteria, yeast, and moulds) to modify food, producing a desired product. Often we talk about the negative issues caused by microorganisms in food...
View ArticleWhat are some hot biotech/biology research techniques being developed or used...
At the DNA or RNA level, please. For example, the method of RNAi. Thank you!
View ArticleRecombinant Insulin - Successful Application of Genetic Engineering
Insulin is a protein hormone secreted from the specialized cells of the islet of Langerhans in pancreas. Only 2% of the pancreas has endocrine function secreting various types of hormones regulating...
View ArticleDevelopment of DNA chip technology
The great advancement in the field of molecular biology has been the Human Genome Project, whereby the whole human genome was sequenced using DNA sequencing method. This project has marked a turning...
View ArticleOverview of Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics in drug discovery process
In the drug research process, a number of candidates fail to become therapeutic agents due to a number of reasons. In the drug discovery and development process, the aspect of the effect of genes has...
View ArticleTransformation, Transduction and Transfection –Gene transfer methods
The three very effective modes of gene transfer Transformation, Transduction and Transfection observed in bacteria fascinated the scientist leading to the development of molecular cloning. The basic...
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