Sarah Khatkhatay, SK Somaiya Vidhyadhar BIOXONE BIOSCIENCES SERIES – “Extraordinary Women in Biosciences”- Day 2. “Women have to first believe in themselves in order to take over the position of leadership” -Chandrima Shaha. Chandrima Shaha inherited this belief right from her very own DNA, her father being a photographer teaching her to see the extraordinary in […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Vaccines derived from mRNA have greater versatility and efficacy for preventing Covid-19 infections. An effective alternative is DNA vaccines. It is used as it can induce humoral and cellular immune responses in animal models. They can also be utilized in human trials. The efficacy and immunogenicity of DNA-based vaccines were tested. […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Quest for creatures A team of wildlife researchers went on an expedition to Amazon forests. The study was carried out by NatureFirm, an eDNA company. It was headed by Kate Bruce who carried out the study for the charity World Wildlife Fund(WWF) The goal was to look for pink river […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida The United States has developed a new CRISPR-Cas system that cuts RNA. It was discovered by the group led by Stan Brouns (Delft University of Technology). Scientists anticipate that the study, published in the August 26 issue of the journal Science, will open up a myriad of […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata By definition, DNA sequencing refers to a process of determining the order of nucleotides that are present in a DNA sequence. DNA is made of nucleotides. These nucleotides are made of a phosphate group, a sugar group, and nitrogen bases. Nitrogen bases found in DNA are adenine (A), guanine (G), […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Resistant bacteria are a major concern in modern healthcare and pose a severe threat to public health. In today’s health care system, the development of pathogenic species resistant to antibiotics is one of the biggest difficulties. Public health is increasingly being affected by infections produced by multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR). Originally, these […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata WHERE IT ALL BEGAN We have probably heard of “dark matter”, which is believed to make up more than a quarter of the universe. Although its presence is confirmed, scientists have not been able to detect it yet. Recently, elusive genetic matter has been detected in the genome. This biological […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background In more than 30% of 60–80-year-old men with Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY), a fraction of circulating immune cells lack the Y chromosome, and this aberration is evident in at least 10% of peripheral blood cells. A previous study of men over the age of 90 demonstrated that […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata What is DSB? DNA DSB (double-strand break) is a cytotoxic lesion. It is caused by ionizing radiation and radio mimetic chemicals. It can also be caused by a replicative DNA polymerase encountering a DNA single-strand break or by mechanical stress on chromosomes. Sometimes two complementary strands of a double-helical DNA […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Hair cells in the inner ear and Merkel cells of the skin have distinct similarities in their development. These hair cells specialize in capturing sound vibrations in the inner part of the ear, whereas Merkel cells of the epidermis can sense a touch at the surface […]
