Weekly Biotech News of The World
Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) World Breastfeeding Week has been commemorated yearly in about 120 provinces since 1991. Celebrated every first 7 days of August, World Breastfeeding Week attempts to accentuate the massive benefits that breastfeeding can induce to both the fitness and well-being of newborns, as well as a campaign for maternal […]
Komal Bavaskar, Mumbai university Diabetes affects around 422 million people globally, with the majority residing in low- and middle-income countries, and diabetes is directly responsible for 1.6 million mortality per year. Diabetes has already been diagnosed in over 30 million people in India. What is diabetes? It is a metabolic disorder that results in elevated […]
Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata The knowledge that we have about how an enzyme works is through studying its ACTIVE SITE. New technology has been developed that gives us information about an enzyme by studying beyond the active site. The new technology is called HIGH THROUGHPUT MICROFLUIDIC ENZYME KINETICS (HT-MEK). This technology combines two […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Many fungal pathogens evolve specialized structures to disrupt their plant or animal hosts – thick outer layers to cause infection. In several fungal species, these infection cells, known as appressoria, are widely researched. Pathogens must also penetrate newer cells and cross host cell intersections once they are within […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is an uncommon form of interstitial lung disease (ILD) that is characterised by elastofibrosis in the upper lobes. Patients with PPFE have several distinct clinical characteristics not seen in other ILDs. These are gradual weight loss and restrictive ventilatory dysfunction with increasing residual volume (RV). PPEE […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Polypharmacy: Polypharmacy refers to the usage of several medicines at the same time. It is the combination of drugs, and has become a frequent practice in modern medicine, particularly among the elderly and patients with complicated illnesses. When two or more drugs are taken at the same time, […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) Guidelines of ASCCP The American cancer society (ASC) released the screening guideline for cervical cancer. The guideline initiates a shift in practice to Human papilloma Virus (HPV) screening at the age of 25-65 years in people with the cervix. The American Society for colposcopy and cervical pathology (ASCCP) acknowledges the risk and […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer death in both men and women alike. This happens mainly due to a poor prognosis. Pancreatic cancer is not easily diagnosed at an early stage because there aren’t any noticeable signs in the early stage of pancreatic cancer. […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Nerve agents, also known as nerve gases, belong to a class of organic chemicals that interrupts the nerves from transferring messages to organs. This interruption takes place due to the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. So basically nerve agents are AChE […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Oncological sciences have moved far in terms of research and development, leading to many novel therapies currently in use. Despite research on tumors and their causes, cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide. The most popular approach to cancer treatment has been chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These approaches are not […]
