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Mayukh Sinha, Amity University Kolkata The planet Earth could be home to amazing species. No doubt, Human Beings are the best kind of life on earth. However, on thorough observation, incredible things come up. We are talking about the Phylum Tardigrada. Tardigrades are microscopic creatures that are maximum of 1 mm in size but usually […]
–Dr. Ayan Raichaudhuri & Anuska Sen, Team BioXone The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein superfamily present in most eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms, form one of the largest protein families known, the majority of whose members are membrane proteins (ABC “transporters”). These transporters use ATP to pump molecules across a membrane and so are known to be […]
-Subhrajit Barua, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia For numerous centuries, human beings have wondered how life came into existence. Many religious and philosophical ideologies have been put forward but none of them have been satisfactory. Some argue that life emerged on Earth itself from non-living chemical compounds through the process of abiogenesis. Many theories have […]
Ankita Chattopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata CIPA refers to a rare hereditary disease-Congenital insensitivity to pain and anhydrosis. This name is very descriptive as it reveals several important characters of the disease itself and is also called hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy type IV (HSAN-IV) and is a nerve disease that targets the nerves controlling sensation. […]
-Anwesha Chatterjee, Amity University Kolkata The novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout the world. It is impossible to restrict the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. A huge proportion of the population across the world got infected and showed the most common to mild to serious symptoms (fever, dry cough, respiratory problems, conjunctivitis, aches, pains, rashes, and many more) along with the high […]
-Akash Pramanik, D.Y.Patil Medical College, Kolhapur Telomeres are the specific DNA-structure found at both the ends of the chromosome which protects it from degradation and inter-chromosomal fusion. But telomeres shorten with each DNA replication and gradually with time, it leads to chromosomal degradation and cell death. The rate of telomere shortening may indicate the pace […]
–Shrayana Ghosh and Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata As Rita Levi-Montalcini, the eminent Italian Nobel Laureate and role model to many, once said, “Above all, don’t fear the difficult moments. The best comes from them”, women continuously have prospered in difficult times and have proved their worth to the society by overpowering various obstacles and […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
–Pratyay Islam, Calcutta Medical College Diabetes mellitus is one of the most commonly seen metabolic disorders observed in humans. The underlying cause for this type of diabetes is defective action or secretion of the endocrine hormone insulin, which leads to a rise in blood glucose levels. It is mainly of two types: 1) Type 1 […]
–Esha Sircar & Dr. Rajib Sengupta, Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University Kolkata The thioredoxin (Trx) system is a major antioxidant system that maintains the intracellular redox state. It contains Trx, a redox-active protein, which regulates the activity of various enzymes including those that function to counteract oxidative stress within the cell. Trx, NADPH, and […]
