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Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Being bald, losing all hair is a common scene nowadays, caused mainly by the stressful lifestyle we lead. Relaxing is what doctors prescribe to deal with stress, but recently conducted research says that it could have more sides to that. Researchers have claimed that relaxing, helps in growing hair. […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Proteomics is an important topic in basic biology to advance Biotechnology, bioinformatics to epidemiology. It is a crucial link between genomics and metabolomics. So, Protein fingerprinting is too essential for modern biotechnology. Conventionally fingerprinting of proteins is done by mass spectroscopy. But, it is both a time-consuming […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Cancer can be defined by two properties: 1. They reproduce cells by the violation of normal cell growth and division, and 2. They occupy other regions conserved for other normal cells by the properties of invasion and metastasis. Metastasis is the most important character of cancer cells […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata DNAzymes area type of DNA catalysts. DNAzymes are known for their specialty in catalyzing site-specific cleavage of any RNA substrate. RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme has a catalytic core and two short binding arms which form Watson and Crick base pairs with the RNA targets. RNA cleavage is possible with the assistance […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Basalt is a fine-grained rock that forms when mafic lava, rich in magnesium and iron, is released at the surface. Basaltic volcanic rock accounts for nearly 90% of all volcanic rock on the planet, and it has resulted in large igneous provinces such as the Deccan Traps (India), Hawaii, and […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata According to Charles Darwin, “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”. This quote or saying has proven itself true over the centuries and recent findings glorify the line even more. While studying ecological relationships amongst different species, […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata According to a new study published March 25th in PLOS Genetics by Miguel Carneiro of the Universidade do Porto and Leif Andersson of Uppsala University, rabbits and other hopping animals need a functional RORB gene to move about by jumping? Rabbits, hares, kangaroos, and some rodent species all hop, but […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Coronavirus yet again presents new issues to worry about this year, aside from the devastating global pandemic it has caused. Over the last few weeks, a new “double mutant variant” has been detected in some pockets of India, particularly Delhi and Maharashtra. This “double mutant” strain has been found in […]
Shagufta Hasan, Amity University Catalytic RNA, Ribozymes, found in the ribosomes form polypeptide chains by linking amino acids together. The RNA enzyme catalyzes a chemical reaction in a similar way to that of protein enzymes. They also participate in processes like RNA splicing, viral replication etc. Although they have attracted a great deal of research […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata The key to herd immunity is that, whether or not an individual becomes infected, there are too few susceptible hosts around to keep up transmission — individuals who are immunized or have effectively had the disease can’t spread the infection. The vaccines created by Moderna and Pfizer–BioNTech, for instance, are […]
