Weekly Biotech News of The World
Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata Medical devices (MD) such as Venous catheter (CVC), abdominal drain tube, and Foley’s catheter tip are used in patients to transfer fluids. These devices tend to harbour certain microbial strains that produce biofilm. Biofilm is a polymeric matrix that conceals several bacterial strains into a single unit and provides antibiotic resistance. The […]
Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani Vitamins and minerals are required for the survival of all organisms, including pathogens. Metal ions are necessary for all living beings. Researchers from Australia have discovered how Streptococcus pneumonia (pneumococcus) gets its important mineral manganese from our bodies. This groundbreaking study might lead to more effective treatments against this […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects neurons (dopamine-producing) of substantia nigra. Symptoms of this disease develop slowly over the years and vary from person to person. The cause of Parkinson’s disease is not well known which makes it difficult to cure. However, medications and […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian Human activities have led to concerns like climate change, global warming, etc. This is caused due to the increased use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and many more reasons. Severe forest degradation is caused due to agriculture, unsustainable forest management, mining, public service projects, and increased wildfire, etc. Loss of forest habitats may […]
Nandini Pharasi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Drying environments burn more easily, and rainwater can assist put out existing flames. However, wildfire fumes may prevent that much-needed rain from dropping. When wildfires release smoke into the atmosphere, fine particles accompany it. Water molecules can condense onto cloud particles. Concerns are all about droughts are escalating […]
Komal Bavaskar, D Y Patil University What is the water cycle? The water cycle depicts the continual flow of water inside the Earth’s and atmosphere’s atmosphere. It is a complicated system with several processes. Clouds are formed by the condensing of water vapour, which then falls as rain or snow. Water in various stages circulates […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University With recent microscopy improvements, cell-size data sets may be generated by capturing cell activity. The Lattice Light Sheet Microscope (LLSM) pictures cells at fast speed and high 3D resolution, collecting data over hours at 100 frames/seconds. The LLSM imaging gave fresh insights into the complicated immune cell surface behaviour, including the […]
Madhavi Bhatia, National Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati Genome-editing technologies have made genetic studies transform from traditional interventions to precise manipulations of the DNA sequences thus resulting in both simplicity and robust outcomes. There are various genome-editing technologies, the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) systems are widely used. The standard CRISPR-Cas9 method introduces […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Ovarian cancer (OC) is among the most devastating gynaecological cancers, with high incidence and mortality rates across the world, putting women’s health and quality of life at risk. Although radical surgery and chemotherapy are two essential treatments for treating OC, they do not appear to diminish the high recurrence rate […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Human microbiome constitutes various microorganisms and their genomes, residing on the skin or inside organ systems. Inside the body, these microbes are known to be involved in many intricate metabolic pathways. This automatically gives them an opportunity to interfere in different diseases and their treatments. Devising successful therapeutics against […]
