Weekly Biotech News of The World
-Binayak Das,Team bioXone A team of scientists has successfully isolated what they believe to be, as being the smallest biological molecule found till date, it being approximately one-tenth the size of an average antibody molecule. They have designed a therapeutic and pre-emptive drug called- Ab8 using it, which they propose will be able to not […]
-Anwita Sarkar, Team BioXone Bandaging is a pivotal component of wound care management. The myth that wounds heal faster when left uncovered is a fallacy. Rather covering the wound and keeping continual attention on the bandages hastens the healing process and protects from further infection. The conventional bandaging is a labor-intensive process that requires regular […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Recently, as the world is implementing re-opening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared contact-free temperature assessment devices are being used at entry points to identify and screen out feverish individuals who may carry the coronavirus. But even when the devices are used properly, temperature assessment may have a limited impact […]
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone In the last decade, the issue of increasing heat stress has become an area of concern among biologists all over the world. There are hundreds of molecular biology techniques that are being used and improvised to enhance thermo-tolerance in plants. However, a recent study using transcriptomic analysis claims that humic acid […]
–Rishav Chakraborty, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata The SARS-COV infection occurred first in 2003-2004. The infection is believed to be contracted from animals including monkeys, Himalayan palm civets, cats, dogs, and rodents. Clinical manifestation including myalgia, headache, sore throat, and fever followed by severe respiratory distress. The virus binds with the ACE-2 (Angiotensinogen Converting Enzyme) […]
–Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study by the University of Bristol describes a newfound mechanism of learning in the brain which stabilizes memories and decreases impedance between them. Memories are created by excitatory connections between the nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the brain – a region crucial for the formation of memories. Inhibitory […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone The formation of a cleft-palate or cleft-lip in an individual is due to the combined contributions of both genetic and environmental factors. Years of research have now revealed that differential expressions caused due to epigenetic factors like DNA methylation and histone modifications can help us determine the exact genes responsible for […]
–Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata The emergence of an exceedingly pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has sparked novel concern in human coronaviruses around the world. The coronavirus came into view in Wuhan, a city of 10.9 million people in China’s Hubei zone’19. The highly contagious novel SARS-COV-2 virus not only affected the medical […]
–Yashraj Singh, Amity University Kolkata Epilepsy is one of the most misinterpreted serious Neurological diseases of all time and surprisingly the most demographically(in the population) prevalent. There are various forms of epileptic seizures of which the tonic-clonic seizures(involuntary muscular contractions) being the most traumatizing and rarest of all. At least in India, people have blatantly […]
–Anuska Sen, Team bioXone Although it seems questionable whether a fungus can endanger amphibian lives, pieces of evidence prove that they have already been responsible for the extinction of over 30 amphibian species. This disastrous water-borne fungus named Chytrid fungus is so widespread that it is said to be present in every part of the […]
