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 Last month the city of Kolkata had reported a double mutant type B.1.617 strain of COVID19. Today, an indigenous triple mutant variety B.1.618 is identified. This strain, dubbed as the “Bengal strain” by Scientists, is much more infective compared to the previous ones and what is terrifying them more is […]
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 […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The Zika virus epidemic was a public health emergency, causing birth defects for pregnant women in addition to neurological problems. The virus gets transmitted to humans from female mosquito bites. Researchers have tried several techniques to eliminate the spread of the virus, one of which is the use of genetically […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata A genomic study of skin cells shows that there is a wide range of age-independent mutations in the normal number of somatic mutations that arise from exposure to UV light. The human skin is constantly subjected to damage of DNA due to the environment, which leads to the accumulation of […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Researchers in Japan and Cambodia have discovered coronaviruses which is similar to COVID-19. These are the first known relatives of SARS-Cov-2 to be found outside China and to be originated from horseshoe bats or Rhinolophus bats. It is still unknown if COVID-19 was transferred directly from bats to people or […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata There has been a rapid development in the field of meta-omics in the past decade thereby producing an unprecedented amount of data. Methods such as Next Generation Sequencing produce a large amount of data that needs to be interpreted to understand the role of previously functionally unannotated proteins of an […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study carried out at Houston Methodist Hospital and UT Austin involving around 5000 COVID-19 patients found that genetic mutations are getting accumulated in the causative virus which is making it more contagious. Located in the spike protein, the mutation is called D614G according to the peer-reviewed journal Ambio. Random genetic […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Present transmission rates of SARS-CoV-2 are still on the rise, with second waves of infections being faced by many countries. Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing (WGS) is a massive tool for tracking and assessing transmission links but is not so readily available. In a study conducted by a group of researchers, […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata According to a new study by UC San Francisco scientists, gene editing for the generation of different treatments and the study of disease and normal function in humans and other organisms may develop more rapidly with a new tool for cutting larger pieces of DNA out of the genome of […]
