What is BT Brinjal? It is creating so much controversy in India with even the Environment minister going back and forth over the issue. Like most people assume, BT here does not stand for Bio-Technology! Bt Brinjal is Bacillus thuringiensis Brinjal. Bt Brinjal is a genetically modified brinjal (syn: eggplant, aubergine, begun) created by inserting a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into brinjal. This has been developed ...
Updated 4 Weeks Ago at 05:33 AM by Shashikiran
When I was a medical student, the only PDA that I knew was Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Thank God, I didn’t have it. Now I know another PDA and thank God, I have it. I am talking about Personal Digital Assistants, also called handheld computers or palmtops. It’s a growing trend. More and more clinicians are using this gadget for accessing information at the point of care. While some well-organized hospitals have even daily patient data available ...
Updated 1 Week Ago at 08:20 PM by Shashikiran
My 9 year old daughter has been gently persuading me to get her a cellphone. Some of her classmates at school already have one. While a cellphone may be invaluable during an emergency, the risk that it may expose children to is a very important consideration. Health risk consideration is foremost and then the risk of cyberbullying. While the latter can be avoided by keeping the phone number private and strictly for family use, exposure to high level electromagnetic field due to cellphone ...
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