Interesting articles written by BioXone members and associates.
Subhrajit Barua, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia Scientists have engineered mice to edit their muscle-bound genes in an attempt to see how human astronauts could be protected against large-scale muscle and bone density loss during long-duration space flights. After a brief stay on the International Space Station, the mice are now helping scientists to figure […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY The word homonymous hemianopsia (HH) although quite unfamiliar with most people, yet comprises of a significant area in the field of ophthalmology. In every average human being, the left half of the occipital lobe in the brain is responsible for processing the visual information coming from the view perceived through the […]
Ayushman Kumar Banerjee With over 43 million COVID-19 cases having surfaced and more than 1.1 million deaths, researchers are relentlessly working round the clock to develop vaccines against the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19. This has led to a race for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, and in this race, Moderna has devised […]
Sayanti Pal, Amity University Kolkata Until the 1980s most of the researchers used to believe that no detectable genetic material is preserved in archaeological remains due to the rapid decay of bio-organic molecules. The invention of different molecular techniques made possible the detection and characterization of organic compounds present in archaeological remains. Reading the DNA sequence of […]
Ankita Chattopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Bluetongue is a viral disease affecting sheep, cattle, deer, and goats. It is a non-contagious, insect-borne disease to which all species of ruminants are susceptible. Studies show that sheep are mostly the victims but the cattle are the main mammal reservoir of the virus. This virus is a notifiable disease […]
Rishaanko Pyne, Amity University Kolkata What are Circadian Rhythms? Circadian rhythms (circa = about; dies = day) are an integral part of eukaryotic life, they are endogenous, inducible biological processes that oscillate over a 24-hour cycle following the circadian environment of the earth. It allows the coordination of biological and behavioral processes with the external […]
Shrestha Sherry Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata. Cells have employed various ways to travel in the biological system. Somatic cells in our body adhere to cell surfaces for their movement. On the other hand, sperm cells and some bacteria move by the means of flagella. White blood cells are the specialized cells of the immune system. […]
Agnibes Sen, Amity University Kolkata Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) like Alzheimer’s (AD), Huntington’s (HD), and Parkinson’s diseases (PD), are some of the most dreaded medical complexities, due to the lack of precise diagnosis and definite cure. Growing evidence suggests that genetic and cellular alterations giving rise to misfolded proteins, and uncontrolled accumulation of them lead to […]
Shreyasi Panja, IQ City Medical College Paul Ehrlich, first introduced the concept of autoimmunity and termed it as “horror autotoxicus “, because the body’s own immunologically competent cells or antibodies act against its self-antigens resulting in structural and functional damage. Immunological tolerance is a state in which an individual is incapable of developing an […]
Pragya Raj, Amity University Kolkata Amniotic Band Syndrome (ABS) is the congenital malformations related to the amniotic bands which entangle the fetal parts during the pregnancy term, results in a wide range of anatomical disturbances like constriction rings, bizarre multiple congenital anomalies. ABS occurs rarely but should be considered with a newborn with congenital anomalies. […]
