Weekly Biotech News of The World
Nimrit Palan, Mumbai University The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the Earth’s hydrosphere. The biosphere is made up of three main elements. Abiotic (physical and inorganic) components, biotic (organic) components and energy components are the three types. The Challenger Deep is located near the Mariana Islands group in the Western Pacific Ocean, […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus Coronaviruses (family Coronaviridae) are covered with single-abandoned RNA infections, which cause respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and neurological illnesses with a wide range of severity among various organisms and people. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel transformative infection that is responsible for the current pandemic, has damaged societies […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Lung cancer, one of the most common and deadliest cancers, affected 2.2 million people and caused 1.79 million deaths worldwide in 2020. Most of the primary lung cancers are carcinomas. Small-cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) are their two main types. About 15% of lung […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia Years after the 2003 United States outbreak of the Monkeypox virus, a new case has been reported recently. The infected person is a Texas resident who recently traveled from Africa. This patient took two flights during their return from Africa to the U.S. in early July, according to a CDC (Centre […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata With scientific developments in genetics booming over a couple of decades, the identification and assay of genes in different organisms have become a topic of great interest. A lot of new methods have been developed to understand the genetic traits of various physiological phenomena. One such phenomenon is the resistance […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Despite the improving research methodologies and treatments, COVID-19 continues to spread, causing deaths and morbidity across the world. It has been found that statins can potentially decrease the severity of COVID-19. However, this field has been less researched due to limited size and region-centred studies. Statins […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata What is Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is cancer in the liver. It is the most common type of primary liver cancer that occurs mostly in people with chronic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a digestive malignant tumour, […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata Humans are social animals, and we need each other’s help here and there. At times we do tend to help, but only our friends and family. That is known as prosocial behaviour, where we do something that benefits someone else. However, we are much more reluctant when it comes to […]
Saptaparna Pal, Amity University Kolkata Currently, in our world, there are about 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data, and each day human produces photos, emails, tweets, and other digital files that add on to another 2-4 million gigabytes of data. A massive amount of this data was stored in enormous facilities called exabyte data centers. […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University COVID-19 vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) were recently approved to be used in an emergency. The World Health Organization (WHO) made a statement to increase awareness regarding breastfeeding after getting vaccinated and advised not to cessate breastfeeding following vaccine administration. Still, many mothers have discontinued breastfeeding due to concern […]
