Weekly Biotech News of The World
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Proteins are the main functional biomolecules in the human body. These are the ones that are responsible for most of the functions in our body and maintains the structure and regulates other metabolic balances in the body. Thus, proper knowledge of it is a must. But the highly complicated structure […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata UC San Diego researchers have long studied neglected tropical diseases, which are chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect underprivileged communities in developing countries. They are referred to as “neglected” because pharmaceutical companies have little financial incentive to develop therapies for them. Chagas disease, the leading cause of heart […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata A new study shows that there were critical links between the minds of humans and mice in how they function – and malfunction. The ways by which the brain produces hallucinations provide a promising entry point to the development of much-needed new therapies for schizophrenia. Psychosis is a condition […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata A memorandum of understanding (MOU) among Hokkaido University, Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Robotic Biology Institute Inc., and iLAC Co. Ltd., led to the setting up of an automated system for the study of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. The focus of the collaborative project is towards the establishment of an automated methodical […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Being bald, losing all hair is a common scene nowadays, caused mainly by the stressful lifestyle we lead. Relaxing is what doctors prescribe to deal with stress, but recently conducted research says that it could have more sides to that. Researchers have claimed that relaxing, helps in growing hair. […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Proteomics is an important topic in basic biology to advance Biotechnology, bioinformatics to epidemiology. It is a crucial link between genomics and metabolomics. So, Protein fingerprinting is too essential for modern biotechnology. Conventionally fingerprinting of proteins is done by mass spectroscopy. But, it is both a time-consuming […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Cancer can be defined by two properties: 1. They reproduce cells by the violation of normal cell growth and division, and 2. They occupy other regions conserved for other normal cells by the properties of invasion and metastasis. Metastasis is the most important character of cancer cells […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata DNAzymes area type of DNA catalysts. DNAzymes are known for their specialty in catalyzing site-specific cleavage of any RNA substrate. RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme has a catalytic core and two short binding arms which form Watson and Crick base pairs with the RNA targets. RNA cleavage is possible with the assistance […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Basalt is a fine-grained rock that forms when mafic lava, rich in magnesium and iron, is released at the surface. Basaltic volcanic rock accounts for nearly 90% of all volcanic rock on the planet, and it has resulted in large igneous provinces such as the Deccan Traps (India), Hawaii, and […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata According to Charles Darwin, “It’s not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”. This quote or saying has proven itself true over the centuries and recent findings glorify the line even more. While studying ecological relationships amongst different species, […]
