Weekly Biotech News of The World
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata The most recently discovered strain of SARS-CoV-2 was held accountable for corona virus disease (COVID-19) and the pandemic henceforth. Ongoing infection has taken the lives of a huge number of individuals on the planet. As of now there’s so much that we don’t know about this viral infection- it’s the […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Kidney stones affect approximately one in 11 individuals in their lifetimes, and their prevalence is increasing, some may develop chronic kidney disease and some end-stage renal disease. Still, pathophysiologic mechanisms of kidney stone formation remain incompletely characterized. It was believed that dietary patterns were mainly attributed to kidney […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Macular degeneration is an eye disease that causes loss in the centre of the field of vision and often leads to irreversible blindness. The disease is broad of two types: dry macular degeneration in which there is a deterioration of the centre of the retina and wet macular degeneration that […]
Arjama Roy, Amity University Kolkata Obesity is a serious medical condition involving an excessive accumulation of body fat which increases the risk of health disorders. The prevalence of obesity is growing at an alarming rate in western countries. It is found that patients with high BMI (< 30) are undergoing surgical procedures, multiple times. In […]
Aditi Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata Infections due to multiple viruses co-habiting within the same host is very prevalent within our biosphere. The intra-specific nature of resistance in the host organism affects the structure of the viral community. It is impertinent to comprehend the composition and epidemiological trajectory of the pathogenic communities to make progression in […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable, communicable disease caused by hepatitis A virus mainly associated with liver infection. It is generally spread through contaminated food and water mostly when handled by the infectious person. Symptoms vary from minimal illness to severe sickness leading to hospitalization which might endure for several months. […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Autosomal Recessive Gene Disorders are the type of Genetic Disorders that are expressed only when two mutant copies of a gene are present in the organism. Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (kEDS) is an example of one such disorder that affects the connective tissues of a person’s body. This disorder was not […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Retrons are specific sequences found in the bacterial genome that consists of reverse transcriptase (RT) and a non-coding RNA (ncRNA). They are often regarded as a hybrid of “half-RNA and half single-stranded DNA” that are found in many bacterial species. Even though the use of retrons for the synthesis of […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Minks are dark-coloured and carnivorous mammals. Denmark has always been Europe’s largest producer and exporter of mink furs. So, Why is Denmark planning to kill its mink population? Recently, about 214 human COVID-19 cases in Denmark are related to minks. A mink-variant mutation in the spike protein of the […]
SHRESTHA DUTTA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Proteins are enormous biomolecules that carry out their work by interacting with different biomolecules. In recent times, the quantity of protein interaction information has been augmented significantly because of the advancement in high throughput tests. PPI systems of two species can be contrasted to identify evolutionary preserved interactions. It can […]
