Lactic acid (2-hydroxy propanoic acid) is a three-carbon organic acid obtained by carbohydrate fermentation due to microorganisms (Lactic acid bacteria) or chemical synthesis. It has a central carbon...
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Next Generation Sequencing: Principle, Steps Involved, and Applications
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology has transformed how clinical researchers and scientists think about genetics, as it assesses multiple genes in a single assay. It can sequence an entire...
Fermentation is derived from the Latin verb fevere, which means to boil. It is an ancient method to preserve food and transform food materials by utilizing the metabolic activity of microorganisms....
Glenn Gibson and Marcel Roberfroid first introduced the concept of prebiotics in 1995. They stated that a “Prebiotic is a nondigestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the host by...
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) sequencing is the process of identifying the exact sequence of nucleotides: Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T) in the genome or DNA molecule. In order...
Foldscope is a paper microscope that is built by folding the paper in an origami fashion. Prof. Manu Prakash and Jim Cybulski at Stanford University invented it in 2012. Unlike a conventional...