Weekly Biotech News of The World
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Derived from the Greek word pemphix, pemphigus means “vesicle” or “blister”. There are many different types of pemphigus, all involving vesicle formation at some stage, but Pemphigus Vulgaris (autoimmune disease) is the most common of all and is characterized by blistering and erosions of mucous membranes and skin. […]
Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture Vellayani Polymeric foams are generally formed by the dispersion of a gas in a polymeric matrix. Polymer foams can be flexible or rigid, which depends on their cross-links and pore size. Commercial foams are often made of inorganic materials (like clay, silica etc.) or synthetic polymers (like polyurethane, polyethene) or […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Farming is known to be unpredictable. Unseasonal rains, droughts, floods are some of the natural calamities farmers have to face. Apart from this acidic soil, nutrient deficiency, humidity, temperature fluctuations are some of the abiotic factors that have an impact on yield. To top it up, frequent […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) is a repair pathway of the genomic DNA. The genomic DNA can be damaged due to a variety of endogenous and environmental mutagens such as exposure of the skin cells to UV radiations from the sun. Such DNA damage can be repaired by the nucleotide excision repair […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida On Saturday, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo declared the end of the current Ebola epidemic. After Guinea defeated the second Ebola outbreak that erupted in the West African states on February 14th, 2021 which infected around 16 people and claimed the life of 12, the second wave is reported to […]
Hari Krishnan R, SRM Institute of Science and Technology The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic originated in 2019 and has affected people worldwide in various aspects. Now, with the arrival of vaccinations and better precautions, the pandemic is under control in various parts of the world. Scientists have spent day and night working to obtain a better […]
– Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata Every year on June 21, the world commemorates International Yoga Day. It was recognized for the first time in 2015. The United Nations General Assembly proposed that June 21 be designated as the International Day of Yoga because it signifies the Summer Solstice and the transition to Dakshinayana (movement […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT, WB Tissue Stem Cell has the ability to regenerate the function of host cell resulting in transplantation. At the time of regeneration, donor stem cells remain unknown. In quantitative clonal fate studies, a large population of donor spermatogonia stays in host testes, a small amount continues to regenerate for a long period […]
Ananya Dutta, Bose Institute The contribution of several nutrients to cancer cells’ biosynthetic, bioenergetic, and antioxidant requirements has been intensively researched over the last decade. The connection between cancer genetics and metabolic rewiring, in particular, has resulted in significant findings, opening up new treatment avenues for certain cancer types. Clinicians are interested in how food […]
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya The packaging of the viral genome is a fundamental process of the viral life cycle. Viruses are generally classified upon their genomic identity i.e., RNA or DNA as their genetic material. This affects the encapsidation strategy of the genetic material. In one encapsidation strategy, some viruses, especially most enveloped RNA viruses […]
