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Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida For sustainable development, biological lignin valorization has come across as a major change. But currently, biorefineries are producing lignin with less fractionation for biological conversion, this affects the economic outcome. It’s important to note here that substantial changes in the biorefinery can affect the carbohydrate efficiency, as well as […]
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Transcriptional gene regulation is how a cell regulates the conversion of DNA to RNA, and it is also a complex process that utilizes a network of interactions. This process is primarily controlled by DNA binding proteins known as transcription factors (TFs)/regulators, that attach to specific DNA sequences and thereby repress […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University Kolkata We all know how the horrific Covid19 pandemic has shaken the entire world. With the SARS-corona virus, 2 is the main culprit, it has claimed millions of lives worldwide and has disrupted the socio-economic balance of all countries. The virus has been a cause of concern due to its variants […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Tuberculosis is a major health concern in many low and middle-income countries. TB continues to be the top killer infectious disease in the world. In 2019 over 10.0 million people were affected with TB and 1.41 million deaths were attributed to it. TB affects all countries of […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Sarah Nyquist is a PhD candidate in MIT’s computational and systems biology department who attempted to use machine learning to understand the genomic composition of breast milk. Along with her co-advisor professors – Alex Shalek and Bonnie Berger, she aimed at using computational tools to study […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata The scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered a new method of targeting a mutated protein, which is the reason behind most of the fatal cancers. The mutated form of RAS protein is often considered the “Death Star” since it has the potential to resist various treatments. Although RAS […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Cytomegalovirus (CMV), affecting COVID-19 patients who are immunocompromised, has been detected. During the second wave of the pandemic in April-May, five cases of CMV infection in immunocompromised patients with Covid-19 were reported in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. The hospital reported that the patients presented themselves with pain in the […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow IgA stimulated neutrophil spider-webs have been explored a lot in the past few years for their antiviral mechanisms. These antibodies in particular are one of the most abundant in the immune system, richly present on mucosal surfaces and involved in the body’s defence mechanism against viral infections. During the […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University Armour is integrated into the body of beetles (Order Coleoptera). They’re minuscule tanks with exoskeletons, powerful shells that protect their soft, skeleton-less bodies inside. In addition to providing protective protection, the beetle’s exoskeleton provides sensory feedback and hydration management. Exoskeletons of many beetles are also highly coloured and patterned, which […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Natural selection has evidently preserved several specific sites in the human genome that allow an atypical 3-D conformation of the DNA which are referred to as G-quadruplexes (G4s). A new study demonstrates an increased occurrence and high stability of these not-so-usual G-quadruplexes if they are situated either in the sequences […]
