Weekly Biotech News of The World
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Aging is characterized by the progressive loss of physiological integrity which results in impaired body functions leading to a greater risk for diseases and death. This deterioration of the biological clock of our body is a major risk factor for several diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s disease. […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta “The era of procrastination, of half measures, of soothing, and baffling expedience of delays is coming to its close. In its place, we are entering a period of consequences.” -Winston Churchill Today we find growing consensus among scientists, local and regional governments, and millions of citizens in accepting climate change as […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Recently, single‐atom catalysts (SACs) are receiving increasing attention in varied chemical process fields, and meantime, rising nano catalytic drugs provide a unique tumor therapy modality while not victimizing harmful chemo drugs. The distinct properties of SACs, like exactly situated metal centers, identical coordination setting, tailorable composition and structure, and versatile […]
CAMELIA BHATTACHARYYA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell”- how often we have read and answered it in our 10th standard before we understood its role in detail. One of its major functions includes ATP production for which the first line is applicable. Few other important roles of these cytoplasmic cellular organelles […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara A normal cell always has the characteristics of regulated cell division, proliferation and lastly undergoes apoptosis (programmed cell death). But when the cell does not have control over its division, it causes a tumor. When the neoplastic cells are clustered together but don’t spread anywhere else within […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a marine bacterium which when ingested through raw or undercooked shellfish such as oysters and mussels leads to human gastroenteritis and according to recent studies can go dormant for a while and then get active afterward. Since Vibrio parahaemolyticus usually grows in tropical and warm temperature conditions, under […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Hematopoietic stem cell differentiation to erythroid cells occurs within the bone marrow and the process of mature RBC formation is known as erythropoiesis. This process mainly depends on specific cell interactions within the bone marrow. Erythroid differentiation in the bone marrow occurs on erythroblast islands. CD14+ monocyte-derived macrophages […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata We are all aware of the deadly coronavirus that has continued to widen its domain of symptoms. Since the outbreak of the disease, unusual symptoms have come to the surface and wreak havoc in the public domain. Recently, a scientist stated that one of the unusual warning signs of […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Handicapped microbes that survive drug attacks are more dangerous than the living ones, as very soon they develop resistance to that specific drug. Macrolides, a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics that has a macrocyclic structure are produced by strains of Streptomyces. These are generally prescribed in case of bacterial infections […]
-Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus 2019 – the episode is a worldwide pandemic brought about by (SARS-CoV-2) which at first analyzed in Chinese patients of Hubei’s Wuhan city toward the beginning of December 2019. COVID-19 has been proclaimed a worldwide wellbeing catastrophe by World Health Organization (WHO) as the illness quickly communicated human-to-human and […]
