Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi What is Glioma? A glioma is a form of brain tumour that arises from glial cells. It can be divided into subgroups based on shape and histology, such as astrocytoma and glioblastoma. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified glioma into four categories. Rapid cell growth and a […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata What is K-Ras-CaM interaction? K-Ras is an oncogenic mutant that helps the cancer cells to proliferate, migrate, invade, and survive by assembling some signalling complexes. These complexes have a great therapeutic and mechanistic significance, however, to date, the functional and structural roles of K-Ras mutations within these complexes are not completely […]
Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Cancer stem cells (CSCs) have recently been discovered in a number of different cancers, including pancreatic cancers. These are called pancreatic cancer stem cells (PCSCs). Pancreatic cancer is a frequently occurring cancer with a bad prognosis. Evidence suggests that sirtuin 1 (SIRT1) has biological activities that contribute to […]
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 […]
