Classification of Pesticides Based on Origin and Pest Control
Pesticide is a chemical or biological substance that is intended to prevent or repel or destroy the pests that may damage or disturb the growth or health of living organisms which may be plants or...
View ArticleGenetic Engineering - An Easy Explanation
Modern human (Homo sapiens) are present on the Earth for around 200,000 years. We weren't the only hominids on the planet, but we were certainly the cleverest ones. One organ played a vital role in our...
View ArticleLysosomal Storage Disorder and its Treatment
Lysosomal storage disorder (LSD), the very rare inherited disorder is a condition due to lysosomal dysfunction of the cell. Lysosome, the organelle of a body cell, acts as the recycling centre of the...
View ArticleNanotechnology Applications in Medical Science
Nanotechnology has become a vastly explored area of research in the present times mainly in the biomedical research. Nanoparticles have found importance in the drug delivery, disease diagnosis, as well...
View ArticleImportance of Drug Metabolism in Drug Discovery
In drug discovery process, drug metabolism plays a major role and determines the fate of the prospective drugs. Drug metabolism must take place only after the drugs reach their specific target site and...
View ArticleSurface Functionalization of Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology has opened up a new area of research for the disease diagnosis as well as therapeutics. Though drug discovery is very essential for the proper treatment of the diseases, drug delivery...
View ArticleBiotechnology in Food Processing Industry
Biotechnology has played a diverse role in the application of science in different spheres of life. Gene transfer, Recombinant DNA technology, development of vaccines including DNA-vaccines,...
View ArticleBioplastic - As Green as Possible!
Modern society is growing exponentially. Wave of industrialization at the beginning of the 19th century accelerated the life style. That period is most famous for a rapid development of a numerous...
View ArticleUSA: Looking for partnerships in Immunology, Inflammation and Neurology?
If so, we are organizing a B2B business event and bring in California a delegation of French Innovative Biotech companies. Called the "French Biotech Tour", the event will be held on Oct16th in San...
View ArticleNeed Biotech Business Idea
I need to come up with an idea for a biotech product or service that I can turn into a business for my college course. Finding it very hard to come up with a novel workable idea without ripping someone...
View ArticleBio-Artificial Liver in the treatment of Acute Liver Failure
Liver is a multitasking organ in the body being able to synthesise several plasma proteins, immune factors as well as several metabolising enzymes and factors helping in digestion and excretion within...
View ArticleToxicity Predictive in Silico Tools
Whenever we get sick we are instinctively swallowing various pills in order to help our organism win the battle with microorganisms that are disturbing our normal functioning or to soothe inner...
View ArticleWays to produce Monoclonal Antibodies
Our immune system acts as the protective shield of our body against various infections by bacteria and virus causing various diseases. White blood cells, the army of immune system is composed of...
View ArticleStem cells in Type I Diabetes treatment
Type I Diabetes is an epidemic disease of the modern times, which is non-infectious. In this disease, the beta cells in the pancreas are diseased or lost thereby affecting the insulin production,...
View ArticleWhat is DNA Nanotechnology and its types?
DNA nanotechnology is broadly divided into two branches - Structural and Dynamic DNA nanotechnology. What is Nanotechnology? Nanotechnology is the field of science and technology which is concerned...
View ArticleCareers in Biotechnology - List of various options
Various biotechnology careers include forensic DNA analyst, scientist, clinical research associate job, laboratory assistant, microbiologist, greenhouse and field technician, bioinformatics specialist,...
View ArticleDevelopment of Drosophila
Drosophila, known as fruit fly is widely used as a model organism in genetic studies for studying mutations, inheritance patterns etc. Drosophila melanogaster is a holometabolous insect. An adult fly...
View ArticleMicrobial contributions to Molecular Biology: Enzymes, plasmids, cosmids
Molecular Biological methods are dealing with isolation, amplification, modification, identification of genetic material. These procedures make use of biological tools such as enzymes, primers,...
View ArticleA New Discovery for Migraine Treatment - TRESK Channels
The TRESK channels have paved way for the development of potential treatments for migraine. Migraine is a chronic neurovascular disorder characterized by severe, episodic headaches often accompanied by...
View ArticleIdentity to Organisms: DNA Sequencing
DNA, our genetic material provides identity to our characters. Being the universal genetic material for higher organisms, it is almost similar in one organism. This method of identification is known as...
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