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The Langston Centre's Afterschool Institute celebrates National Chemistry Week with experiments

Johnson City Press 23 Oct 2021
The first experiment the students completed involved extracting the DNA from a strawberry ... Then they created DNA extraction liquid by mixing detergent, salt and water ... another cup, added medical-grade rubbing alcohol and watched the DNA form at the top.
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A goopy guide to extracting strawberry DNA in your kitchen

Popular Science 22 Apr 2021
With the help of salt, rubbing alcohol, and dish soap, you’ll be able to extract DNA from strawberries ... In a cup, mix the salt, water, and liquid dish soap ... When scientists isolate DNA in a lab, they’ll often use a similar mixture of salts and detergent to break open the cell walls that protect the DNA.
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Saline water gargling helps in mild Covid cases, says study

The Times of India 03 Apr 2021
Thus, it is easy to dislodge the virus through gargling and nasal irrigation by salt water ... According to the researchers, the common salt (sodium chloride) present in saline water inhibits replication of a range of DNA and RNA viruses, including the human coronavirus.
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Govt pleads with Fijians to register for vaccinations

RNZ 11 Mar 2021
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week ... minister ... "The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are made from mRNA while the AstraZeneca from the DNA strand and contains lipids (fats) and a few other products such as sucrose (a form of sugar), salts, water for injections and amino acids ... .
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Govt pleads with Fijians to register to vaccinate

RNZ 11 Mar 2021
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week ... minister ... "The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are made from mRNA while the AstraZeneca from the DNA strand and contains lipids (fats) and a few other products such as sucrose (a form of sugar), salts, water for injections and amino acids ... .
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Govt pleads with Fijians to register to get vaccinated

RNZ 11 Mar 2021
Fijians have been urged to register as the government's Covid-19 vaccination campaign got underway this week ... minister ... "The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are made from mRNA while the AstraZeneca from the DNA strand and contains lipids (fats) and a few other products such as sucrose (a form of sugar), salts, water for injections and amino acids ... .
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A look at Inovio’s Philly local coronavirus vaccine-in-progress

The Philadelphia Tribune 10 Aug 2020
Inovio’s uses DNA. When people receive the vaccine, they also get little pulses of electricity (through special needles) that push that DNA into their cells ... As to what is getting stuck in your arm, “it’s really just DNA and water and a tiny bit of salt,” she said.Getting to an immune response.
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Brockway eighth graders take a look at DNA

Courier Express 03 Feb 2020
Carissa Wascovich found a project during her master’s degree studies that allows students to extract strands of DNA from food items. The students mixed strawberries, dish soap, salt, and water ... DNA is soluble in alcohol. When the process is complete, the DNA strands are visible, looking like white strings "smooshed" together.
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The Origins of Life

The Stranger 11 Sep 2019
Bellevue shimmers in the distance and is reflected by the water ... He calls it structured water ... What has not been known is what keeps those spheres together under certain stresses, say salt (which was plentiful in the waters of the early earth) or magnesium (which RNA, the ancestor of DNA, needs to function).
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