Weekly Biotech News of The World
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a genetic disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. In severe cases, MGS results in miscarriages and stillbirths. Researchers tried to study this recessive, autosomal disorder in a unique way, i.e, by placing mutant human genes […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Protein replacement therapy is a medical treatment that supplements or replaces a protein in a patient in whom this is absent or deficient. These are a very powerful class of drugs and are highly selective and specific in their targets. This makes them a very useful tool in modern science. […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Cigarettes are getting replaced by E-cigarettes or vaping devices where most of them are flavored. The flavorings are added to the E-liquid which also consists of propylene glycol, vegetable glycerine, and nicotine usually. This liquid produces aerosol (vapor) when heated with the help of a battery. Vapors, when inhaled, […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA The incurable eye disease Glaucoma leads to partial or total vision loss in approximately 80 million people. Therefore, it was extremely crucial to find a way around this complicated disease; the relation between metabolic disturbance in the nerve cells in the retina and high intraocular pressure. Moreover, in animal models, […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Single-cell signaling responses are now measurable, but their interpretation is still restricted. Interpretation of dose-response based on single-cell data is also not accurately predictable. Here, probabilistic modeling and information-theory have been used to inaugurate fractional response analysis (FRA). This technique quantifies changes in the fraction of cells with provided response […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata What happens in our neuron system that we do what we do! Scientists have made some serious progress trying to find out the answer. In a recent study FLiCRE (Fast Light and Calcium-Regulated Expression) tool was used to perform research tasks like tagging, recording, and controlling cellular functions inside any […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata Sanitizers play an important role in this era of controlling COVID infection. It is well known that the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly recommend the use of alcohol-based sanitizers for prevention against SARS-CoV-2. However, scientists at Brigham Young University […]
Pragya Santra, Amity University Kolkata Depression is a mental disorder affecting millions of individuals worldwide out of which some are diagnosed and some remain unrecognized. There are varied reasons for depression to occur. It is really interesting to know that the bacteria in our intestine can affect our mood swings and even depression! A recent […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University Every enzyme family has a set of amino acids that are highly conserved in that specific enzyme family. Better known as catalytic triads, these are a set of three amino acid residues found in the active site of the enzymes which serve as a signature of the type of chemistry […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata More than one million people around the world are diagnosed with stomach cancer every year. Stomach cancer is an abnormal growth of the cells that tends to develop slowly over many years. Before true cancer develops, the early changes rarely cause any symptoms and therefore go undetected. In its advanced stage, […]
