-Saivi Singh, IIT Madras ( AIR- 69, GATE BIOTECHNOLOGY 2020) Like most UG students, I had no idea where I’ll end up after my bachelor’s. Hello dear Readers, my name is Saivi Singh and I have secured an AIR- 69 in GATE-BT, 2020. I knew I had to appear for GATE, but I always had […]
–Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata The western honeybee Apis mellifera has been contributing honey, propolis, and venom to the field of medicine for thousands of years. A recent study says, the active element of honeybee venom MELITTIN-molecule behind the painful sensation of bee’s sting, killed two types of breast cancer cells named Tripple-negative breast cancer […]
–Shristi Sharma, Team bioXone CNCI JRF Job Openings – Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute has called applications for Junior Research Fellow Vacancy. Interested and eligible candidates can check out all of the details on the same below: Advertisement No. 607/2020 A virtual online interview will certainly be held on 25th September 2020, 11 a.m. for two […]
–Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata When the 21st century is facing pandemic, it is reported that Dengue and coronavirus share almost similar clinical features that cannot be discriminated. There are few independent research studies that observed false-positive tests for coronavirus. In Singapore, two false-positive results from rapid serological testing for dengue was later confirmed to […]
–Sanket Roy, Team bioXone Hyperactivation of the immune system under SARS-CoV-2 infection is one of the most important features of COVID-19. While the early detection of COVID- 19 became the most emerging field of research, a team of scientists led by Hyung Chun of Yale University has identified that detection of neutrophil levels in plasma can indicate the […]
–Shristi Sharma, Team bioXone Candidates with a life science background can apply. Bengaluru job vacancy for MSc/MTech life science candidates for the post of R&D post available at Novozymes. Check the details below: Job Title: Senior Research Associate, R&T, Bangalore, India Job ID: 7457BR Location: Bangalore Country: India Senior Research Associate, Bangalore, Molecular Biology as […]
–Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata The premier batch of the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ [Sputnik V] immunization for the prevention of novel Coronavirus, created by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, has finished the vital quality assessments in the labs of Roszdravnadzor. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko had […]
-Sashreek Ganguli, Amity University Kolkata The questions raised on the efficiency of a clinical trial in this global pandemic are deeply concerning. Operational short-comings in the current clinical trial procedures relating to the identification, recruitment, data acquisition, etc. increase costs and stretches the already lengthy clinical trial, leading to minimized patient participation. Here, the concept […]
–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 […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone The highly-awaited trials for the Covid-19 vaccine formulation by Oxford have yet again been put on hold for a second time this year. The reason behind this has to do with certain safety concerns, as informed to Stat News, on Tuesday. This measure was taken by AstraZeneca Plc. right after they observed […]
