The art of DNA extraction

Author: AngieKTurner | Posted: 22.06.2012

Living beings are nothing but a moving mass of genes and hormones. There are innumerable cells working inside the body which are responsible for the growth and death of the living body. “Evolution” is possible only because of the handiwork of these genes and hormones. Science over the years has taken such giant strides that it had made us adept and aware of every miniscule physical, chemical and biological aspect of a living being. The study of genomic DNA is an important one in this.

Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA and Ribonucleic acid or RNA is the commonly used terms. They are so common that even a kid knows what they are via perpetual mention of these terms on Television. Various detective sitcoms have their characters utter these terms quite a number of times. Some of the channels dedicated to Science and new discoveries have even shown the process of dna extraction which is simply put, a collection of DNA of the entity under research or investigation and take it for forensic analysis. This procedure often involves the removal of RNA by using ribonucleic amongst several other significant steps..

Most of the clinics across the world have the facility of these analyses but providing genetic information which involves the test of the genomic DNA is a criminal act in India. A recent show hosted by a popular star came down heavily on this practice. Consequently, a lot of doctors and medical practitioners came under the cosh and are facing legal consequences. So, Science might have accomplished a lot of feats and created immense opportunities for human advancement and upliftment but there is always a flip side which is a potent weapon of depredations and devastation.



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