Weekly Biotech News of The World
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Benjamin List of Germany and David W.C. MacMillan of the United States were honoured jointly with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2021. They were awarded for their development of asymmetric organocatalysis. Their findings were an environmentally safer, cleaner, cheaper, and more effective method to build molecules. This method is applicable in […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Bees in rural areas which signal food sources through their waggle dance, travel further for food than their counterparts in urban areas. The study was published in the Journal of Applied Ecology of the British Ecological Society. The recent study: Study participants analyzed 2827 waggle dances recorded […]
Komal Bavaskar, D Y Patil University Alzheimer’s disease affects around 5.8 million Americans aged 65 and over. 80% of those surveyed are 75 or older. In India, more than 4 million people are affected by this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect between 60% and 70% of the approximately 50 million individuals globally who […]
Richa Prakash, MSc, Central University of Punjab DNA or Deoxyribonucleic Acid is a complex molecular structure containing all the genetic information inside the cells required for the development and functioning of any organism. DNA damage occurs every day by the byproducts formed during cellular metabolism and ionizing radiations. DNA damage is any change in the […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury (MAKAUT, WB) The introduction of electronic health records has risen the hope of saving time and improving the quality of patient care. But due to fragmented interfaces and hectic procedures involved in data entry, doctors and other medical staff require more time for navigating these systems than interacting with patients. Machine Learning […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University Xenobiotics: Xenobiotics are chemical substances that are foreign (extrinsic to the normal metabolism of an organism). These include- fragrances, drugs, pesticides, cosmetics, food additives, environmental pollutants, and industrial chemicals. It was found that humans are exposed to about 2 million xenobiotics in a lifetime. These chemicals gain access to the […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Vaccines derived from mRNA have greater versatility and efficacy for preventing Covid-19 infections. An effective alternative is DNA vaccines. It is used as it can induce humoral and cellular immune responses in animal models. They can also be utilized in human trials. The efficacy and immunogenicity of DNA-based vaccines were tested. […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) The research published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution states that the bats which are feeding in organic plantation and natural forest habitat has more types of gut microbes than nectar-feeding bats found in a highly managed banana plantation in Costa Rica. The study presented the relation between sustainable agriculture, habitat alteration […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s are some of the most complicated diseases existing amongst modern humankind. These diseases are often complicated to understand. And since their causative agents are unknown in 80% of cases, their treatment is even more challenging. Primarily, the reasons associated with AD were mainly centered around the […]
Shenade Annie Kerketta, Amity University Kolkata Today, due to the massive increase in population and all sorts of pollution, food production is becoming a growing problem. We, humans, are trying to reverse our harmful doings. We are trying to conserve our resources and recycle waste. This article is going to talk about one of the […]
