Microarray Technology

What is this technology? Why it will help to differentiate between friend and foe? And many more similar questions answer is given on this page.

This is a very funny way to prove. But, then you learn more when you are happy.

It is known that our emotions lead to differential expression of our genes. Now, when you meet a person, then you will develop some kind of emotion towards him/her. Now, emotion can be good or bad.

For example if you are angry then the genes active in your body would be different to the genes which are active when you are in love.

So, if you meet a person whom you consider your friend then you will be having the good feelings towards him. So, your gene expression would different from the cases when you would be having bad feelings for a person.

But, the problem is:

How to recognize the gene expression?

It is very simple. There is technology known to the biotechnologist, called micro array technology.

The basic principle of this technology is to detect hundreds and thousands of gene expression on a single glass plate. This technique utilizes the complementarity property of the DNA. DNA form complementary base pairs, namely A-T and G-C.

The brief description is given below in dig:

MICROARRAY TECHNOLOGY

Now, as shown in diagram, we take the RNA of the person when he meets his friend and call it as control RNA. Then we take the RNA of person after he meets our test person and name this RNA as experimental RNA. Now, both these RNA are converted to complementary DNA which is called as c-DNA. They are fluorescently labeled. After labeling, these c-DNA are then hybridized on the glass slide containing the single strand of all the genes of the human being. After hybridization the fluorescent spots are detected using a detector and analyzed.

Now, if the experimental person is his friend then the number and location of the fluorescent spots obtained would be identical to the location and number of fluorescent spots of the control. Else, dissimilarity is observed which is shown in diagram.

So, in this way using micro array technology a biotechnologist can find out whether the person whom you are meeting is your friend or foe. Hence you will be saved from all kinds of back-stabbing.

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