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Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata According to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists, gene editing for the generation of different treatments and the study of disease and normal function in humans and other organisms may develop more rapidly with a new tool for cutting larger pieces of DNA out of the genome of […]
-Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata At the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, a rapid antigen test is developed using novel optical technology, iStrip technology is used to measure the saliva even in a very low amount and after 15 minutes result is displayed on the instrument’s small screen. This efficient, quick, and cost-effective ($A25 per […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Magnetic field and hydrogels were used by the scientists of the Perelman School of Medicine to demonstrate a way to design complex body tissues. The idea was to engineer cartilage designing with a proper depth-dependent cell that mirrored the original cell pattern. The first result showcased magnetically unaltered cells that […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Physical activity is vital to conduct for which solid evolutionary pressure exists to guarantee basic planning with the accessibility of food and avoidance of predators. Health benefits are potentiated by physical activities based on time. Strong shared communication between skeletal muscles, the circadian timing system, and exercise has been suspected. […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Thrips are small, polyphagous, and cosmopolitan insects that comprise the order Thysanoptera. Thysanoptera lies within the Paraneoptera, also commonly called the “hemipteroid assemblage” which also includes the orders Hemiptera, Psocoptera, and Phthiraptera. Among the over 7000 reported thrips species classified into nine families with a further five identified from […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata The spike proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 have been always the subject of interest in how it attaches to the human cells and causes the disease. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is identified as the functional receptor for SARS-CoV (the virus observed in 2003); they are present in the epithelia of the […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Tuberculosis (TB), is one of the main causes of death around the world especially in children, is brought about by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). MTB infects the cell, stimulates immune response and triggers inflammation. Recent studies show that host-pathogen interaction is vital for TB pathogenesis and progression. MTB […]
Srilagna Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata Researchers from various sectors have started shifting to renewable energy resources from conventional fossil fuels due to their high consumption percentage. As we know the bio-origin materials are capable of producing a variety of energy resources like Biofuels through many conversion routes like bio & thermochemical and also direct combustion […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Fetus in fetu (FIF) has been defined as the presence of one of the twins in the body of the other. It is a condition in which malformed and parasitic fetus is located in the body of the normal fetus. It is very difficult for the radiologist to […]
Binayak Das, Team Bioxone A study conducted to unravel the potential of immunotherapy for patients affected by the covid-19 virus has announced that treatment with intravenous-immunoglobulin can potentially benefit covid-19 patients that are severely affected. Intravenous immunoglobulin or IVIG is the collection of IgG obtained from the blood serum of a large number of healthy […]
