Weekly Biotech News of The World
Richa Prakash, MSc, Central University of Punjab The whole globe is aware of SARS-CoV-2 as it has infected tens of millions of people worldwide in the first nine months of 2020 making it a deadly pandemic. Along with other comorbidities, people with a history of chronic lung diseases (CLDs) like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University COVID-19 rapid tests, which can detect the onset of the disease at the point of care, are in high demand. A research team from Monash University in Australia has developed an ultra-portable COVID-19 diagnostic tool. Based on the idea of loop-mediated isothermal amplification, they developed a self-contained, point-of-care nucleic acid […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background In more than 30% of 60–80-year-old men with Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY), a fraction of circulating immune cells lack the Y chromosome, and this aberration is evident in at least 10% of peripheral blood cells. A previous study of men over the age of 90 demonstrated that […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University SARS-CoV-2, a strain from the Coronavirus family, is responsible for the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, taking the lives of millions of people via an infectious respiratory illness. Several studies have been conducted on this virus to find target proteins responsible for the infection as a therapeutic. Thus, spike (S) protein […]
Sagnik Nag, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu World Hepatitis Day or commonly referred to as WHD, is commemorated annually on 28 July to extend awareness of viral hepatitis. The disease causes inflammation of the liver that inflicts momentous liver damage and may lead to hepatic cancer. The date of 28 July was assigned because […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics There is a crucial need for ecologically friendly alternatives for petroleum-derived products. Forest, as well as agricultural industries, are adopting clean technologies that will transform sustainable resources into bio-based products of high economic value. One of the majorly underused biomass components is xylans – an important […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Linking the heel bone and the calf muscles, the Achilles tendon is found as a tough band of fibrous tissue. The calf muscles come together to form a band of tissue, the Achilles tendon, at the lower end of the calf. It then inserts itself into the heel bone where […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Plant architecture regulation is a priority in recent breeding efforts. Previous researches have improved the understanding of the genetic regulation of plant architecture, but understanding their morphology at the cellular level is as critical. Cell division and cell expansion work together to shape organs, and the cell wall […]
Mahek Sharan, Institute of Applied Medicines and Research, Ghaziabad Norovirus is responsible for the 200,000 deaths every year globally. It affects the population across the world including the developed or developing countries. The developed countries are more severely affected by norovirus, with a record of 50,000 deaths in the winter months. In a recent report […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University For a very long time, researchers have been searching for ways to increase human life. In this quest, they have found one promising protein -mTOR. The finding of mTOR has given rise to a whole field in cellular biology that studies mTOR and its associated pathway. mTOR- […]
