Sayantani Halder,Amity University Kolkata Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP) is a rare inherited human syndrome (recessive autosomal trait), caused due to the defect in mechanism of repairing of damaged DNA (or mutated DNA) characterized by hypersensitivity to sunlight, developing skin cancer at a very early age. The primary cause of this disease is the absence of a […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata The 21st century witnessed one of the major scientific breakthroughs when scientists revealed the development of a biological tool called CRISPR/Cas9 that can enable us to rewrite or edit the DNA of existing genomes. Ever since then, highly targeted gene editing has been made possible which could potentially revolutionize the […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Childbirth is often regarded as a life-changing event, one that is of great concern to the mother and child involved. Sometimes, this phenomenon becomes rather disheartening. It has been observed quite often that due to various unforeseen fatal complexities, these manifest into a disastrous outcome such as when the mother […]
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone Neanderthals also called Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis are an extinct group of early humans, which was existent almost 40,000 years back. These individuals lived in Eurasia until they became extinct and there are pieces of evidence that till date a certain percentage of Europeans and South Asians are genetically linked to these Neanderthals. […]
-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 […]
-Sayak Biswas, Amity University Kolkata Cells are made up of a specifically hostile environment. This hostile environment contains numerous immune sensors that help to detect infections caused by viruses. Production of interferons (IFN) takes place and the intracellular DNA plays a massive role in the inducing of the IFN. The cytosolic DNA gets recognized by […]
–Shrayana Ghosh and Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata As Rita Levi-Montalcini, the eminent Italian Nobel Laureate and role model to many, once said, “Above all, don’t fear the difficult moments. The best comes from them”, women continuously have prospered in difficult times and have proved their worth to the society by overpowering various obstacles and […]
