Interesting articles written by BioXone members and associates.
Prerna Jha, NIT Durgapur “Fears are nothing more than a state of mind “~Napoleon Hill To continue per this proverb, the stimulus due to fear is initiated in the brain, which is a distressing emotional reaction in response to a real or potential threat. These perceptions of danger and feelings of helplessness activate the brain’s […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury, MAKAUT, WB Introduction Plant roots are associated with a diverse community of microorganisms. These communities are collectively known as root microbiome. The communities contain microorganisms that are both helpful as well as harmful for the plant, in terms of affecting its physiological functioning. Mycorrhizal and mycoparasitic fungi as well as bacteria that […]
Priyanka Saha, Amity University Kolkata Introduction Senolytics are a special class of drugs that eliminate old or senescent cells (SC) in the body. They are developed to prevent or delay age-related diseases in humans. The word senolytics is connected to “Senostatic” which refers to suppressing senescence. Most of the senolytic agents are in the early […]
Seshadri Dutta, NIIT University Introduction The global population is increasing at an alarming rate, with a quarter of the world’s population anticipated to reach 10 billion in the next 30 years. In the current situation, the most pressing problem facing humanity is ensuring food security for an expanding population. Extreme weather, decreasing agricultural land availability, […]
Shreejita Bhowmick, Techno India University Introduction Pregnancy itself is a beautiful journey of a highly regulated cascade of events, ones which we generally relate with a woman. But what if this role is switched and the males are the ones giving birth?Nature always amuses us and in our surroundings, we can observe a few instances […]
Hari Krishnan R, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Proteases are enzymes that break down proteins and perform very important functions in the body, including digestion, reducing inflammation. Cathepsins (CTS) are a group of lysosomal proteases that are found in almost all organisms and are essential for the normal metabolism of the body but also […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) Protein Trafficking The transportation of proteins to the extracellular space or subcellular compartments is called protein trafficking. Protein quality control contains everything from monitoring protein folding, cellular mechanisms, to detecting abnormal forms. Firstly, proteins are synthesized at cytoplasmic ribosomes, and their destinations are determined by transport signals. Cytosolic proteins are those where […]
Aayushi Gaur, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University Antiviral antibodies, in general, are considered antiviral because they play an important role in the control of virus infections in a variety of ways. But the presence of these antibodies might be advantageous to the virus in some cases. Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of viral infections […]
Aqsa Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia The History Behind The Warburg Effect In the 1920s, Otto Warburg described the increased production of lactate utilizing glucose even in an adequate supply of oxygen in tumor cells. Warburg, from his study, concluded that this impairment in cancer cells is due to dysfunctional mitochondria. Over a period, however, with […]
Moumita Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Introduction Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare disease that affects 1 in every 4-8 million infants worldwide. It is a disease characterized by accelerated aging in humans. Progeroid syndromes (PSs) can be identified as rare and fatal genetic disorders characterized by various features and symptoms of premature physiological aging. […]
