Weekly Biotech News of The World
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) The increasing rate of the variants of Coronavirus resulting in an outpouring of diseases in the whole world. The mutation occurring in the spike protein of the virion raise the question of vaccine effectiveness and allows greater transmission. Effective inactivation of the virus is required to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and […]
Rutuja Borawke, Research fellow at CSIR-IGIB A recent study published in PNAS, states that an apex predatory, migratory fish named Bluefin tuna (BFT) is a species that has neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) in its tissues. Accumulation rates of mercury (Hg) increase with their age and can be used as a global pollution index that may contemplate […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia Bowel cancer is also known as colorectal cancer. The colon and rectum are the last part of our large intestine, where this cancer occurs. At first, this cancer tumour appears as a small clump of calls celled polyps. These polyps are non-cancerous but can turn cancerous if not treated on time. […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University The evil twin of climate change- Ocean acidification occurs due to an increase in concentrations of carbon dioxide in seawater. Carbonic acid is formed when Carbon dioxide dissolves in the seawater. This reduces the water pH. Also, carbonate ion (CO32−) concentration decreases, which causes a reduction in the saturation state […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by researchers at UC San Diego can withstand the heat. What are their key ingredients? Plant or bacterial viruses. Vaccine technology: We are still in the early phases of developing the new refrigerator-free COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine candidates stimulated the mice to produce high […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata A resistance to the hormone insulin is known as insulin resistance. It is present in one-quarter of the general population, not just in people with diabetes or obesity. These individuals are at high risk for developing metabolic disorders and a wide-range of diseases. Due to insulin resistance, the body’s cells don’t […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Quest for creatures A team of wildlife researchers went on an expedition to Amazon forests. The study was carried out by NatureFirm, an eDNA company. It was headed by Kate Bruce who carried out the study for the charity World Wildlife Fund(WWF) The goal was to look for pink river […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury, MAKAUT Cellular compartments formed by phase separation in the absence of limiting membranes are considered Biomolecular condensates. In the 1970s, scientists first discovered biomolecular condensates and were known as “granules”. They used electron microscopy to look more closely at the structures in different organisms. P granules are condensates in worms. They are […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Identification of antigen is a major step for the development of the vaccine. Artificial intelligence including deep learning systems is useful for identifying vaccine targets utilizing genomic and proteomic information. An artificial intelligence-based platform was developed by the researchers of Amity University, Noida, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA. […]
Nandini Pharasi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Even with allosteric protein regulation’s relevance in biology, investigations and computations are hampered by the complexity of the process. Natural selection can influence the development of two or more species. Cell division, energy provision, and cell fate determination depend on the action of proteins on a molecular level. […]
