Weekly Biotech News of The World
Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata A Lichen is an organism made up of two other organisms – fungus and alga/cyanobacterium. The fungus lacks chlorophyll meaning it cannot produce its food. So, it consumes organic compounds (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins). Alga/cyanobacterium, on the other hand, does include chlorophyll thereby, producing its food. Now, some species of the […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptomyces: Streptomyces genomes have a huge reservoir of uncharacterized Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (BGCs) producing drug-like compounds, sparking renewed interest in these species. However, in laboratory circumstances, a substantial percentage of these BGCs fail to generate measurable amounts of the anticipated chemicals. As a result, […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow The ever-growing world population poses serious concerns for food shortage, until and unless the situation is targeted through newer approaches. These approaches to food supply should meet the demand for essential nutrients such as potassium, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Domestic wastewater, also called black water (BW) can be considered one […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Scientists Frank Krell and Francesco Vitali recently worked together and renamed the fossil of a frog-legged beetle. The beetle had been on showcase at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science since 1995. It is reported to have been in existence nearly 49 million years ago. The beetle was initially […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut (WB) The study of the University of Kentucky College of medicines could guide to a new method for preventing bacterial that are responsible for tooth decay. What is tooth decay? Tooth decay can be defined as the damage of our teeth. Tooth decay has the possibility of causing cavities in our teeth […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata In the year 1977, the Archaebacteria or Archaea, the third domain of life separate from Bacteria and Eukaryota, was proposed by Carl Woese and George Fox. They had analyzed small subunit ribosomal RNA ( SSU rRNA) oligonucleotide fragments from 13 microbes before establishing this proposal. In the late 1980s, the use of SSU rRNA to describe […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata What is the functional morphology of the wings of an insect? Wings in insects help for flight response in them by generating forces and they are also sensory structures, which play a very important role in providing rapid feedback about wing bending that is used to stabilize flight. Though enough information […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Type 2 diabetes is an impairment known to hamper the body’s ability to regulate and utilize sugar (glucose) as fuel. It is a chronic disease in which there is too much sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes can eventually lead to cardiovascular, neurological, and immune system problems. A prominent cause […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida Schizophrenia (SCZ) is a severe mental illness that affects 0.5–1% of the global population. Positive (hallucinations and delusions), negative (anhedonia, alogia, and avolition), and cognitive deficits are the major symptoms of SCZ (impaired working memory and executive function). SCZ exerts a significant economic burden on society and poses a […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Rice is one of the most popular staple crops with about half of the world population consuming it every day. Rice unfortunately is sensitive to salt especially the seedling and reproductive stage as compared to other developmental stages. Global rice production is threatened due to reduced yield […]
