Weekly Biotech News of The World
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Cyanobacteria are present in the environment in an extensively far-reaching state. They pose trouble in the aquatic system when they accumulate in a dense outgrowth in the form of blooms. They also might generate potential secondary metabolites known as cyanotoxins that might harm other plants, animals as well as humans. […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi During fertilization, mammalian eggs undergo significant changes in zinc concentration and localization. Half a decade back, researchers at Northwestern University discovered that when human ova are fertilised by sperm, they emit billions of zinc ions. This abrupt exocytosis of about 10 billion zinc ions is known as zinc sparks […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of turmoil all around the world. According to WHO nearly 164 million people were infected worldwide out of which 3.4 million people lost their lives worldwide. Now, as we know COVID 19 is a respiratory disease caused by SARS-C0V-2 which belongs to the […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University HIV has been present in our society for more than 30 years, from Central Africa to the USA and around the world. Viruses, as we can observe from 2021, are hard to combat! From the 1700s till today, have we progressed in society to include everyone without prejudice. From this crucial […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University According to WHO, pneumonia is responsible for 15% of all deaths of children under the age of 5. It is an acute respiratory infection that affects the lungs. It can be caused by bacteria, fungi, and viruses. What is pneumonia? The lungs have small pockets called alveoli. […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University In COVID-19, there has been a boom in webinars/conferences aimed at connecting the field’s veterans with the new scientists. Likewise, the Meiosis community organized a virtual webinar series that involved a forum to discuss the diversity and equity issues in order to provide actionable elements for the encouragement of the […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Plant biostimulants are novel products used to boost cultivation and becoming widespread in sectors such as agriculture and the chemical industry. Contrary to typical crop inputs, such as fertilizers or pesticides, biostimulants are distinctive. In this, a single substance may have several routes that affect crop growth and development. The influence of the biostimulants of […]
Mahek Sharan, Institute of Applied Medicines and Research, Ghaziabad Recently, a group of researchers of Hiroshima University published their work in Frontiers of Microbiology. They discovered that few bacteria like E.coli can aid genetic transfer of the plasmid via genes to different species and taxonomic kingdoms like Fungi and Protista. They studied in detail the […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury (MAKAUT, WB) Plants possess many mechanisms to safeguard themselves from different pathogenic infections. There is a two-tiered system deployed by plants, as their defense response. They are- Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP) triggered immunity (also called PTI). It is considered to be a weak immune response, brought into action by plasma membrane-localized pattern […]
Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya Vidhyadhar A mind, a soul, and a spirit. Within our bodies, a central role is played by the nervous system from receiving information from the sensory organs to controlling muscle movement. But, what is a mind, its nature, and what role does it play? Most of us believe that the mind […]
