Weekly Biotech News of The World
Arpan Banerjee, University of Calcutta Prematurity or pre-term birth has become one of the most alarming cases about child mortality all across the globe. Approximately, 1.1 million pre-term babies perish every year throughout the world. By definition, it is the birth of a baby at lesser than 37 weeks, as opposed to the usual which […]
Sayak Biswas, Amity University, Kolkata Visual information is collected by the animals with the help of photoreceptors that are present in the retina. These visual signals are transferred to the brain through the retinal ganglion cells or the RCGs. In several binocular animals, the RCG axons are connected both to the ipsilateral and contralateral side […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata An increased chance of cancer among those who consume large amounts of dairy products and red meat has been identified by a team of researchers at the Department of Cell Research and Immunology of Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at Tel Aviv University’s George S. Wise Faculty of […]
Anup Kumar Pandey, Amity University Kolkata Assessment of knee arthritis is done by the different Chinese versions of the Oxford Knee Score. They are Malaysian, Singaporean and Hong Kong Chinese versions that differ slightly in wordings and use of Cantonese in the Hong Kong version. 194 patients from mainland China participated in the study. Each […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Potent diseases occur in both sexes, few are sex-specific; leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is one of them which affects mostly the female uterus, the limbs, and the retroperitoneum and accounts for about 11% of all adult soft tissue sarcomas (STS). While there are several types of LMS, the uterine LMS is the […]
Sayantani Halder,Amity University Kolkata Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare inherited human syndrome (recessive autosomal trait), caused due to the defect in mechanism of repairing of damaged DNA (or mutated DNA) characterized by hypersensitivity to sunlight, developing skin cancer at a very early age. The primary cause of this disease is the absence of a […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata Goblet cells are modified epithelial cells that secrete mucus on the surface of mucous membranes of intestines and airways. The primary function of the intestinal epithelial GCs is to generate a protective mucus layer lining, which when hampered can lead to IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). GCs accomplish this by secreting […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata The Tumor microenvironment impacts pancreatic Tumor advancement and progression. Pancreatic Tumor organoid model systems that include stromal cells can be utilized to contemplate the interactions between malignant cells and the supporting stromal cells. The advantage of these systems and optical redox imaging is to show that pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) […]
DEEPON CHAKRABORTY, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA Boreal bats, A resident of high latitudes of Southwestern Finland, Norway and North America, are generally insectivorous. As they are living in high altitudes, they face enormous fluctuations in seasonal food availability. So, they have to come up with this seasonal challenge, specifically, the chilling winter to survive. For that […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College Kolkata The classical functions of the skeleton are locomotion, protection and mineral homeostasis. In addition to the conventional structural functions of the skeleton, it has also functioned as a site for significant glucose uptake and is also involved in the regulation of whole-body glucose metabolism. Recent observations have shown that […]
