Shayan Ahmed, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi During fertilization, mammalian eggs undergo significant changes in zinc concentration and localization. Half a decade back, researchers at Northwestern University discovered that when human ova are fertilised by sperm, they emit billions of zinc ions. This abrupt exocytosis of about 10 billion zinc ions is known as zinc sparks […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University In previous studies, p38-MAPK was identified as a regulator for blastocyst ICM fate in the mouse embryo. Today, scientists are trying to find out the functional role of the DDX21 protein. For the understanding of this complex pathway, let’s first deep dive into the embryo and its development stages. Fusion of […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida From the time pH first came into existence it has been playing a really important role in nature. Researchers have seen that, for our body to work properly it’s very important to maintain the intracellular pH. Another very fascinating term related to this is human voltage-gated proton channels (hHv1) […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insects come under the Phylum Arthropod, ironically the largest phylum in the Animal Kingdom. Over the past several decades the number of species has declined. Initially, it was believed that this was happening due to habitat loss or excessive use of pesticides, but it came off as a bit of […]
