‘Advertisement’ the word itself is sufficient to throw you into the glittering ocean of celebrities, jingles, eye catching slogans and special effects. Well am I right? May be, reasons what I think behind these are, those vital changes that had occurred into the society especially among the youngsters. Again I am not here to criticize the society and targeting youngsters but I would rather like to talk about the Advertisements and the Pharmaceutical Industry.

If we consider advertisements they had a very big Deal in the Pharmaceutical industry. The whole market is dependent upon the advertisement of the product. These ads are somehow associated only with the health professional (e.g. Doctors) and the companies MR’s. They had nothing to do with the Public sector or with the common man.

3) What actually the DNA microchip technology is?

Currently, DNA microchips are referred by several different terms. Some have subtle difference of meaning, but the student can regard the terms,
-DNA chip
-DNA array
-DNA microarray
-Genome chip (as effectively the same).
The first step in manufacturing of the microarray is the determination of the DNA samples used, by the purpose for which the chip is to be used for. These can range from short oligomers, to large PCR products, cDNA molecules or cloned inserts.
Manufacture requires sophisticated robotic equipment that will permit up to one million spots each containing specific DNA molecules to be attaches in an area less than 1.5 cm2.
Two different methods can be used to construct the array.

3.1)DNA molecules can be deposited onto specific sites in the array by a method similar to ink-jet printing. This is used for larger DNA molecules.

The DNA microchip is a new tool used to identify mutations in genes. The chip, which consists of a small glass plate encased in plastic, is manufactured somewhat like a computer microchip. On the surface, each chip contains thousands of short, synthetic, single-stranded DNA sequences, which together add up to the normal gene in question.

1) Introduction

Nucleic acid hybridization, where two complementary single-stranded nucleic acid molecules form a stable hybrid has been the basis of the advances made in molecular genetics.
The two major techniques involved are Southern and Northern blotting. The former identifies specific DNA sequences in a sample, and the latter the presence of specific RNA molecules. Both of these procedures have been extremely useful, but they have technical deficiencies.

Part: 2) 14th Feb- The Call

After reaching home I was surprised and excited to know that my Mom Dad had to fly for Mumbai tomorrow early morning.

“It was all about the unforgettable three days when I encountered with some unusual events in my life and were also worthy for me as I become conscious about the values of life and about my skills”, the whole series of events went as-

Part: 1 1st Day – 13th of Feb

“Ring my bells, Ring my bells”- a song from Enrique’s Insomniac set as my alarm tone to make me “Insomniac” in cock-crow, rungs at 6’O Clock when I was still waiting to leave the bed. You know neither Enrique nor any one can acquire the place of your parents in this World and the reason behind this is that, only a call from your Father is enough to make you jump out of the bed failing all the alarm systems at once.
Though my Father hates to yell as he loves to rung bell (he has put a call-bell in our room just to make us, me and my younger brother to answer at once) this surely saves his energy but not electrical.

CARBON NANOTUBES

Introduction

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are allotropes of carbon. In a nano structure length-to-diameter ratio exceeds 1,000,000. Nanotubes are members of the fullerene structural family, which also includes buckyballs. Whereas buckyballs are spherical in shape, a nanotube is cylindrical, with at least one end typically capped with a hemisphere of the buckyball structure.

The chemical bonding of nanotubes are composed entirely of sp2 bonds, they align themselves into “ropes” held together by Van der Waals forces.

In 1952 Radushkevich and Lukyanovich published clear images of 50 nanometer diameter tubes made of carbon in the Soviet Journal Of Physical Chemistry.

Types of Carbon

Single Walled

This is My First Blog To Pharmainfo.NET

Pharmaceutical Industries emphasize more on the Advertisement and in the Marketing of the products which are consumed frequently and are on never ending demands.