Weekly Biotech News of The World
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Brief about Eukaryotic cell Prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells share some commonalities in structures such as plasma membrane, cytoplasm, and ribosomes. However, eukaryotes precede their ancestor by having membrane-bound organelles, the membrane-bound nucleus also referred to as a “True nucleus” and rod-shaped chromosomes. The genetic material of a eukaryotic cell is […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida SARS-CoV-2 created a catastrophic impact all around the world as of now there has been a huge demand as well as an urgent need to develop effective vaccines and drugs to counteract the effects of this pandemic worldwide. As of current data i.e., July 5, 2021, around 185 million […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Environmental impacts on wildlife There has been an unexpected change in the environment such as severe climatic changes, and the destruction and fragmentation of habitat, due to recent human activity. These also include the discharge of novel substances to the environment with the capacity to affect the physiology, behaviour, and […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Drug abuse is the addictive overuse of medical drugs for nonmedical purposes and is a global menace today. Cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and opioids are common drugs of abuse. Captain Cody – a street name for codeine, is one of the biggest causes of opioid addiction […]
Kiran Anup Budhrani, Chandigarh University What is El Nino and La Nina? El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a weather phenomenon generated due to the irregular variations in winds and surface temperature of the eastern pacific. Due to weak trade winds, the warm water gets accumulated on the Peruvian shore with warm water from Australia […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University To grow, cells have to divide. A single cell divides into two, and then four, and so on. Finally, we turn into a body with trillions of cells. Each cell undergoes differentiation to get its specialized function. From this, it might be quite clear how essential cell […]
Deivayanai. V.C , Rajalakshmi Engineering College Many countries across the globe have huge vaccine-producing factories for making vaccine shots. Certain vaccines are being made where influenza viruses are injected into chicken eggs. These eggs produce a high copy of the viruses. Production workers then extract the viruses from the egg, reduce the virulence or kill them […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background Based on historical evidence, the epidemics of plant diseases have been quite destructive and continue to scar global well-being. Most of these epidemics came into existence due to international transactions and merchandising of plant materials which eventually takes the face of species declination. Hymenoscyphus fraxineus is an invasive fungus […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata What is hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common types of liver cancer. The disease mostly occurs in patients with chronic disorders such as cirrhosis of liver, Hepatitis infections, obesity, diabetes, etc. It is a “primary” type of cancer, meaning it is not caused by […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida DNA is present in the form of chromatin fibers tightly wrapped around histones in the cell nucleus. Therefore, rendering the large fraction of DNA surface inaccessible for protein binding. For this problem, several studies began to uncover the various strategies used by DNA-binding proteins. Scientists proposed that […]
