Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Biomedical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently developed a biocompatible adhesive inspired from barnacle glue. Most of the time, wound healing and tissue repair are very complicated processes and the existing methodologies to seal a wound or torn tissue are time consuming, complex and are at risk of […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata COVID-19 has already taken over 4 million lives around the world, hence testing is essential for understanding the virus and controlling its spread. Currently, the tests are restricted by two factors, time taken and the accuracy required for analyzing a sample. The third factor which poses a challenge towards the […]
Aayushi Gaur; U.I.E.T, Kurukshetra University CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, accompanying it ‘Cas’, an acronym for CRISPR-associated protein. Cas can be readily modified to target particular portions of DNA and to turn genes on/off without changing their sequence. It is a form of genome editing technology that is utilized to make […]
Subhajit Nan, Amity University, Kolkata Scientists created modified virus-resistant bacteria and made synthetic polymers from synthetic building blocks, making them immune to viral attack. They also found the synthetic genome made the bacteria fully proof against infection by viruses. Using the natural protein-making processes of the cell The goal was to utilize the newly available […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The world has seen a revolution in the ability to engineer biology and create living systems with novel functions over the last few decades. Nonetheless, several obstacles continue to obstruct our ability to fully exploit biology’s potential. These are a consequence of the fact that individuals cannot engineer the elements […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata. From using wheels and carts to smartphones and airplanes, each year this day acknowledges the technological achievements that keep on changing our lives on a daily basis. We cannot imagine a single day without technology. From health care, agricultural to educational sector and entertainment, food services and security, we continue […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata The soft tissue that has the potential to produce a force that helps in voluntary/involuntary body movements is called muscle. The motion is a result of sliding movements of actin and myosin, the two protein filaments that help muscle contract. There are 3 types of muscles: skeletal (bone), cardiac […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata What did Oscar Wilde mean when he said-“Life imitates art more than art imitates life”? We as biologists concern ourselves with the Science of life and indeed it is not uncommon that, quite often the art of discovery derives its inspiration from nature itself. Synthetic Biology is a modern interdisciplinary […]
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. […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Heavy metal collection from industrial wastes and agriculture is a long-standing challenge. This is more dangerous for copper since pollution from copper is unsafe for both the environment and for human health. The researchers, in this study, applied a two-way approach of Darwin’s theory of natural selection with bacterial bioengineering […]
