Weekly Biotech News of The World
-Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata According to the clinical study published in the Journal of American Heart Association, it found out that postmenopausal women who ate unquestionable degrees of plant proteins had decreases risks of sudden death, dementia-related deaths, and cardiovascular infections as compared to the women who consumed few amounts of plant proteins. Researchers […]
-Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata Just like the military is important for our protection from enemies, similarly, the organ systems in our body, also need protection. The frontline warriors of most of our organ systems are the immune cells that are present in our circulation. The exception is the brain. In a recent study conducted […]
-Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Tacugama in Sierra Leone is the sanctuary for western chimpanzees, a critically endangered subspecies. This sanctuary is the hub of environmental education, ecotourism, and community conservation projects. Ninety-nine chimps permanently reside at Tacugama today. Among them, many of them were rescued as babies from the illegal wildlife trade. […]
– Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata The occurrence of an exceptional pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has gained novel distress in human coronaviruses around the globe. Considering the current global uncontrollable pandemic situation the researchers have fabricated two novel COVID-19 diagnostic tests. This need for a novel diagnostic test tool kit is to bridge […]
-Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara SSRgenotyper is the SSR (Simple Sequence Repeat) genotyping platform that provides scientists with re-sequence data i.e. whole genome or reduced representational data. SSRs are the microsatellites or simple tandem repeats that are used as genetic markers for genetic markers in the biological field. They are short, multiple-time […]
-Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Researchers have identified how the slime mold Physarumpolycephalum saves memories – although it has no nervous system. A new study uncovers the surprising abilities of a highly dynamic, single-celled organism to store and retrieve information about its environment. This ability might be attributed to the body structure of the giant […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Imagine the mushroom you ate for lunch is the same mushroom that you used in your Fitbit smartwatch for measuring the number of footsteps while jogging. Fascinating isn’t it? Science fiction has become a reality in today’s world and yes all this is possible. We learned in our high school […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata The toxin of the cone-like ocean snail (Conus nux) was used to manufacture medicines against intense fever and forms of infections in step with research from the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) School of Medication. The researchers as a team started from the likelihood that non-stick medications could be the way […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Nanette Cocero, global president, vaccines, of Pfizer announced that their tick-borne encephalitis vaccine (TBE) has been approved for a priority review from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Once approved the vaccine promises to cure tick-borne encephalitis epidemics all across the US. The vaccine has to be subjected twice […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Prostate cancer growth (PCa) is the most common disease after skin disease and the subsequent driving reason for cancer death in men. Androgen receptor (AR) flagging is fundamental for PCa cell development and endurance. Hence, androgen development treatment (ADT) is the standard treatment for advanced/metastatic PCa. Notwithstanding, patients unavoidably […]
