Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc., University of Glasgow Gamma-aminobutyric acid, commonly abbreviated as GABA and Spermine are natural amino acids, with essential roles as inhibitors of neurotransmitters in the brain and cellular metabolism respectively. Post-harvesting senescence has been a major limitation in the horticulture industry towards maintaining the freshness of flowers. Chilling injury that causes the flower […]
Akash Singh, Banaras Hindu University Thirty million Americans have type 2 diabetes (T2D), while another 81 million have pre-diabetes. As a result, diabetes affects 46% of the adult population in the United States, making it the seventh greatest cause of mortality in the country and accounting for one out of every seven dollars spent on […]
Komal Bavaskar, Mumbai university Gap junction structures were first discovered and characterized in 1953, due to the increased resolution of the transmission electron microscope. Bernard Katz and Ricardo Miledi used noise analysis to confirm the presence of ion channels in the 1970s. It was later shown more directly using an electrical recording technique known as […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The world’s first genome-edited tomato has been launched in Japan by Sanatech Seed and its direct consumption has been approved. The Tomato was developed using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology and it contains four to five times a high level of the amino acid GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) than a regular tomato. The amino […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Genes and the neural network together regulate animal sleep. The importance of quality and restful sleep has been dealt with innumerable times before. It was more than 2000 years ago that Greek physician Hippocrates wrote, “Disease exists if either sleep or watchfulness be excessive.” However, our sleep and sleeping habits […]
Binayak Das, Team bioXone Salinity stress is one of the most prevalent abiotic stresses that obstructs plant development and harshly affects the agricultural yield of valuable crops. Emerging studies have depicted the production of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and its role in a plant’s response to the onset of various abiotic stresses. Although knowledge regarding the […]
