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Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya, Vidhyadhar Tau proteins are proteins that exhibit the function of stabilizing microtubules. These are present abundantly in the nerve cells. They have isolated as a microtubule-associated protein and promote the assembly and stability of the microtubules. Microtubules play a fundamental role in the division of the cell and neuronal activity. A […]
Sapataparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Little study has been done on nanoparticles as biocompatible drug delivery carriers. Cancer, being the most lethal disease and the greatest cause of death worldwide, emerges as the most researched disease in the current scenario. Amongst cancer, breast cancer stands to be the leading cause of death for women all over […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University The mammary gland is an ectodermal exocrine gland whose major job is to generate milk for offspring’s sustenance. Mammary gland morphogenesis begins during the embryonic phase in humans and most mammals, but the most essential component of mammary growth and remodelling happens after birth, during puberty, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and involution. […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc African Swine Fever (ASF) is a deadly hemorrhagic condition affecting pigs worldwide with a 100% mortality rate as reported by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). With tremendous socio-economic losses to the pig-farming industry and the naïve swine population, especially in China, emphasis on the genotyping of the causative ASF virus […]
Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani Innovators at Purdue University are waiting to obtain a patent for their new invention; a biosensor that can be printed in 3D using an automated printing system that can simultaneously record and create images of tissues and organs during surgery. What is a biosensor? A Biosensor is an […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi It has been discovered that Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 9 (CDK9) is an important regulator of RNA Polymerase II transcription. As a regulator CDK9 works across the transcription unit at multiple locations. These include the transcriptional pause release before elongation by the action of positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb). […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Out of the multiple essential macronutrients that help the living organisms at every step of their survival, Phosphorus (P) is ranked of paramount importance. Mainly due to its role in several biomolecules like the nucleic acids, phospholipid membrane, an important factor for the working of the enzymes, and various energy-rich […]
Akshita Kumar, M.Sc. Biochemistry A recent study jointly conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology(NIV) detected the presence of antibodies against Nipah virus(NiV) in bats residing in a cave in Mahabaleshwar. The sole purpose of this study was to investigate the spread of the Nipah Virus in Indian […]
Madhavi Bhatia,NIPER Guwahati Hyperuricemia is a condition with increased uric acid levels in the blood which results in the deposition of monosodium urate crystals in synovial fluid of joints resulting in gout. Increased levels may be caused due to increased hepatic biosynthesis or reduced renal or intestinal excretion of urate. Most of the urate is […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Clinical Data Manager at Quartesian A thrilling discovery by Martill and group has declared to have found the footprints of at least six distinct dinosaur species of the rearmost dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago in Kent. It was intriguing for them to find such an array of species […]
