Nimrit Palan, Mumbai University. What is Epigenetics? Epigenetics is the study of genes functions influenced by your behaviour and your surroundings. Epigenetics is the study of heritable phenotypic modifications that do not entail DNA sequence changes in biology. DNA Methylation: DNA methylation is a procedure in which methyl groups are added to the DNA molecule. […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer death in both men and women alike. This happens mainly due to a poor prognosis. Pancreatic cancer is not easily diagnosed at an early stage because there aren’t any noticeable signs in the early stage of pancreatic cancer. […]
Madhavi Bhatia, NIPER Guwahati Mutations are the changes that occur within the nucleotide sequence of the genetic material present in an organism. The mutation may occur because of various cellular processes, like DNA replication and repair, meiotic recombination and aberrant repair of breaks in sequence-specific contexts. Mutational processes are commonly observed by examining variation present […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara The monarch butterflies ( Danaus plexippus ) are very special migratory insects, traveling a vertebrate-like long distance of 4000 km, each year to reach their overwintering ground in Central Mexico. These butterflies use various survival strategies during migration. At low temperatures, they roost in the tree branches […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata Scientists cured lost eyesight in mice by genetically reprogramming the neurons that make up the optic nerve. They used the mice eye as a model tissue to show that the ectopic expression of genes like Oct4, Sox2, and Klf4 (OSK) in mouse retinal ganglion cells can help in restoring vision […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Adverse childhood experiences (such as early life adversity, stress, and childhood trauma) can have a lifelong impact on mental and physical health. Childhood trauma has been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease that manifest later on in adult life. Most or all […]
-Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Skeletal muscle is one of the three major muscle types, composed of skeletal muscle tissue which is under the voluntary control of the somatic system. Maintaining muscle mass and performance into older age is prime for human health-span and quality of life. Five to ten per cent of older […]
