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Spit and get your DNA test in minutes
By siliconindia
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Monday, 15 November 2010, 17:42 IST
Bangalore: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has organized a technofest in which Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) - a part of CSIR - has put up a stall where the human DNA is processed within minutes. All what you have to do is spit in a container and in minutes the sample is processed in a small machine.
"Our stall is getting a lot of visitors. We are giving those visitors their DNA in a small vial which can be preserved," said Samir Brahmachari, Director, CSIR.
CSIR labs have been successful in isolating proteins enzymes which can be used by the leather processing industry in order to bring down the pollution levels. Enzymes like Protease, amylase and lipase can be used by the leather industry and can bring down the use of lime and sulphite. The two chemicals are responsible for 60-65 percent pollution in the leather processing units. The technology was developed by CSIR.
Apart from this, several drugs discovered by CSIR labs were also on display. The Institute of Microbial Technology lab, a part of CSIR, has developed a clot buster drug. ''The present set of clot busters available in the market have been discovered by foreign labs. This is the first indigenous clot buster. Similarly, we have also discovered an immuno-inhibitor which will prove beneficial in transplant cases. This will further bring down the cost of immune suppressants in the country,'' said Girish Sahni, Director, IMT, Chandigarh.