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 […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata CRISPR-CAS9 a huge discovery in the biomedical field which guarantees curing various genetic disorders has been used and a topic of research among various scientists. Due to this the scientists discovering CRISPR-CAS9 were awarded the Nobel Prize of Chemistry, 2020. Utilizing this concept a group of scientists tried to treat […]
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 […]
PRIASHA DUTTA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL One of the leading causes of mortality in the present-day world is cancer. Whenever we think of cancer treatment, the two words that are immediately synonymous are chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Although, due to limited efficacy based on the heterogeneity factor of cancer cells, there is a constant […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata A new gene therapy clinical trial for treating Angelman syndrome has been put to hold after two candidates temporarily lost their ability to walk. GTX102, the drug used in the clinical trial was developed by a California-based biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx, in collaboration with GeneTx, a Florida-based biotech startup. The trial […]
Sashreek Ganguli, Amity University Kolkata Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a set of blood disorders inherited from parents. It is a genetic disorder caused due to A-to-T base mutation within codon 6 of the HBB/Beta-globin gene (which is a part of haemoglobin A/ HgbA) responsible for the glutamic acid to valine substitution. It affects the […]
