DNA Building Blocks could be built in Space

National Aeronautics and Space Administration funded researchers have discovered proof that a few building blocks of DNA, found in meteorites were probably shaped in space This research supports the theory that a kit of ready-made parts created in space and ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

High Precision Radiotherapy-RAPIDARC

Recently, High Precision Radiotherapy “RAPIDARC” was inaugurated at Madras Cancer Institute, Chennai for treating Cancer. “RapidArc” radiotherapy technology is a new technique of treatment, greatly benefiting the cancer patients. It is a fast, simple cancer treatment to the poor, enables ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Minimal Genome Project sorts can help in Colonization of Mars

We have read that in 2010, as part of the Minimal Genome Project, a team of the J. Craig Venter Institute synthesized a modified version of the 1,000,000 base pair Mycoplasma mycoides genome and implanted it into a DNA-free bacterial ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Bisin: A Natural Preservative discovered

Researchers at the University of Minnesota discovered a natural preservative: “Bisin. The food-preservative properties of bisin could lead to food products that resist spoilage for years. It could spell the end of rotting food. The preservative can extend the food’s ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

Suicide Bomber Bacteria engineered

Recently, researchers in the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore engineered a strain of E. Coli that can detect signs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a leading cause of infection that can be fatal to patients with weak immune systems. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is ..

Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011

India and Heart Attacks

As per a World Bank Study published in February 2011, Indians and inhabitants of the South Asian Countries are very prone to heart attacks and suffer their first heart attack six years earlier than other groups worldwide. The age for ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2011

General Science Compendium-1

Hydrophobia or Rabies:Rabies or hydrophobia is a viral neuroinvasive disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in warm-blooded animals. It is zoonotic (i.e. transmitted by domesticated / stray animals), most commonly by a bite from an infected animal, ..