Weekly Biotech News of The World
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata According to a new study published March 25th in PLOS Genetics by Miguel Carneiro of the Universidade do Porto and Leif Andersson of Uppsala University, rabbits and other hopping animals need a functional RORB gene to move about by jumping? Rabbits, hares, kangaroos, and some rodent species all hop, but […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Coronavirus yet again presents new issues to worry about this year, aside from the devastating global pandemic it has caused. Over the last few weeks, a new “double mutant variant” has been detected in some pockets of India, particularly Delhi and Maharashtra. This “double mutant” strain has been found in […]
Shagufta Hasan, Amity University Catalytic RNA, Ribozymes, found in the ribosomes form polypeptide chains by linking amino acids together. The RNA enzyme catalyzes a chemical reaction in a similar way to that of protein enzymes. They also participate in processes like RNA splicing, viral replication etc. Although they have attracted a great deal of research […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata The key to herd immunity is that, whether or not an individual becomes infected, there are too few susceptible hosts around to keep up transmission — individuals who are immunized or have effectively had the disease can’t spread the infection. The vaccines created by Moderna and Pfizer–BioNTech, for instance, are […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The world’s first genome-edited tomato has been launched in Japan by Sanatech Seed and its direct consumption has been approved. The Tomato was developed using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology and it contains four to five times a high level of the amino acid GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) than a regular tomato. The amino […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus became a household name, as the pandemic swept people off their feet, locking them in their houses, rendering them sick, leading to death on severe occasions. After months into the pandemic, in December 2020, the government of Israel approved the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination and proclaimed a mass immunization […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta When glaciers melt, the water from the glaciers is channelled downstream, thus feeding the rivers and affecting river temperature along with the aquatic invertebrate biodiversity. Today as we gradually lose glaciers around the world due to climate change, the study of the consequences of this loss is the need of […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Zoonotic illnesses are those contaminations that can pass between species from animals to mankind, just as from mankind to animals. Most (60.3 percent) arising infections influencing people had an animal source and most of these (71.8 percent) came from natural life, as per a recent report. While COVID-19’s unique leap […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Cancer is the second leading cause of death worldwide and is responsible for causing nearly 10 million deaths per annum. The significant reason cancer being so lethal is due to the absence of anti-cancer treatments. Though, very recently researchers have discovered a new plant species having the potential to […]
SHRESTHA DUTTA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Daikenchuto (DKT) is a conventional herbal (Kampo) medication in Japan that involves three therapeutic herbs: ginseng (Panax ginseng), Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum) or Chinese pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum), and prepared ginger (Zingiber officinale). DKT is made by blending the herbs, then by extraction utilizing boiling water lastly by converting this extract […]
