Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian Genome sequencing has helped a cell to disclose much regarding the biological world. It’s a known fact that the short pieces of DNA, ‘Genes’ are the basic unit of inheritance. They are the reason for the development of different traits in organisms. The differences and similarities between organisms help to understand how […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is a congenital condition in which intestinal neurons in the distal portion of the intestine are missing. This complicated hereditary disorder causes sickness by a combination of numerous abnormalities in the DNA. A unique mix of genetic changes, including uncommon coding variations, predisposing haplotypes, and Copy Number […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata With scientific developments in genetics booming over a couple of decades, the identification and assay of genes in different organisms have become a topic of great interest. A lot of new methods have been developed to understand the genetic traits of various physiological phenomena. One such phenomenon is the resistance […]
Nandini Pharasi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Co-relation between life forms: Association between two different life forms that eat from the same bowl is known as commensalism. Commensalism is a relationship between species in which one benefits while the other is neither affected nor harmed. These bacteria do not harm them but depend on them […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Hearing impairment is one of the most common modes of sensory damage in humans and animals. Most hearing impairments are hereditary, i.e., they are inherited from parents before birth. Despite being common, the underlying mechanisms of hereditary deafness are complex and little understood. The most common cause of hearing loss […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara We live on a rotating planet and that has an immense impact on Chronobiology. Like humans and other animals, plants also have an ‘internal clock’ that controls the daily and seasonal rhythms. According to the plant scientists of Cambridge University, the genetic architecture of circadian oscillators should […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Insomnia is a disorder of sleep where a person has trouble falling asleep. It affects 30% of the total population worldwide and can be chronic or acute. In general, the causes include underlying Psychiatric or clinical conditions and it affects our mood and productivity. Recent studies conducted by researchers in […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Researchers at Stalk and Scripps Research Institute have discovered the mystery behind how Carnivorous plants sense and trap their prey. Ever since we were in middle school we have learned that plants like Venus flytrap and Sundew are sensitive to touch, which helps them to sense and trap their prey. […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata DNAzymes area type of DNA catalysts. DNAzymes are known for their specialty in catalyzing site-specific cleavage of any RNA substrate. RNA-cleaving DNA enzyme has a catalytic core and two short binding arms which form Watson and Crick base pairs with the RNA targets. RNA cleavage is possible with the assistance […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata What did Oscar Wilde mean when he said-“Life imitates art more than art imitates life”? We as biologists concern ourselves with the Science of life and indeed it is not uncommon that, quite often the art of discovery derives its inspiration from nature itself. Synthetic Biology is a modern interdisciplinary […]
