Snata Pandey, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata The dark side of cell cycle Cell senescence is a permanent arrest of the cycle of a damaged or stressed cell, at either the gap 1 (G1) or the gap 2 (G2) phase. Senescence starts during embryogenesis, occurs throughout life, but senescent cells are regularly cleared by the […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University For a very long time, researchers have been searching for ways to increase human life. In this quest, they have found one promising protein -mTOR. The finding of mTOR has given rise to a whole field in cellular biology that studies mTOR and its associated pathway. mTOR- […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University Autophagy, often blamed for senescence, is a conserved process that promotes cellular homeostasis by degrading cytosolic components (sometimes referred to as cargo). This cargo sequestered into autophagosomes, which are double-membrane vesicles that are primarily carried in the retrograde direction to the perinuclear area, where they combine with lysosomes, ensuring cargo […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata According to new research conducted by the University of East Anglia (UEA), fasting could impact the health of future generations in a significant manner. Fasting diets have become a trend nowadays and have gained popularity in recent years. However, the long term impact of this reduced intake of food […]
-Priyanka Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata It was established that stem cells present in hair follicle reside in low oxygen availability and hence uses glucose rather than glutamine metabolism as a source of energy. This shift is perpetually done by Rictor signalling and oxygen concentration. Stem cells can be developed accordingly to prevent Hair loss. Hair […]
