Weekly Biotech News of The World
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Polyploidy has played a central role in carving the genetic construction in most plants, particularly angiosperms (flowering plants). There are two main classes of polyploid formation: autopolyploids arise by doubling of similar homologous genomes within one species; in contrast, allopolyploidy (hybrid polyploidy) arise through hybridization which usually occurs […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Antibiotic resistance and its impact: Antibiotics are drugs or chemical substances secreted by certain microorganisms engineered to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. Thus, they induce the treatment of bacterial infections. Often when these drugs are overused or in the case of any drug abuse, bacteria develop an antibiotic […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics RNA splicing is one of the most important processes of generating discrepancy in the transcriptome and is of utmost importance to humans. Errors in the regulation of RNA splicing lead to a wide range of genetic diseases, specifically caused by genetic mutations. RNA sequencing techniques have […]
Mustafa Vora, DY Patil University Navi Mumbai Scientists have recently discovered two types of novel brain cells that are found to be glial cells. One of them is called a gordita, which is an astrocyte, a type of glial cells. The name ‘gorditas’ comes from the plum-shaped appearance of the squat and round cell bodies. […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University Long-read sequencing (LRS), also called third-generation sequencing, offers a number of advantages over short-read sequencing such as Illumina’s NovaSeq, NextSeq, HiSeq and MiSeq instruments. Long-read sequencing technologies could permit the assembly of genomes, which is capable of revolutionizing genomics. It has the potential to reveal the full spectrum of human […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) acts as an artificial set of the heart and lungs, allowing a patient’s respiratory foundation to rest while proceeding towards a hopeful recovery. This mechanism has been put in a good word for, particularly during the two consecutive and rampant waves of the COVID-19 pandemic. ECMO […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Nucleic acids have been known to be the fundamental molecules for passing on genetic information from the parents to offspring since 1944. The recent discovery of etheno adducts of nucleic acids has opened up to new dimensions in the field of biochemical studies. Etheno adducts of nucleic acids have a 5-membered […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia A nucleosome is a DNA segment of 147-bp coiled around a histone octamer. Each histone octamer is made up of two copies of each of the histone proteins H2A, H2B, H3, and H4. It is the fundamental subunit of chromatin. Although it seems that the nucleosome has its significance only in […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Antibiotic resistance happens to be an important phenomenon emerging as a defence mechanism in bacteria. Antibiotic resistance mechanisms are the reason bacteria are able to counter the effects of antibiotics. Immeasurable and indiscriminate use of antibiotics ever since their discovery has contributed to the development of antibiotic resistance. […]
Saptaparna Pal, Amity University Kolkata The ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter ABCG2, also known as breast cancer resistance protein is expressed in many tissues and tissue barriers, including blood-brain, blood-testis, and maternal-fetal barriers. It transports endogenous substrates such as estrone 3-sulfate and uric acid and also removes cytotoxic and endogenous compounds from cells. ABCG2 actively […]
