Madhavi Bhatia, National Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati Variant calling is the process by which we can identify variants in the sequence data provided. Variant calling has a major application in modern bioinformatics. It helps in discovering the underlying traits of Mendelian diseases, in understanding the individual’s susceptibility to cancer, and also to study genetic […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Natural selection has evidently preserved several specific sites in the human genome that allow an atypical 3-D conformation of the DNA which are referred to as G-quadruplexes (G4s). A new study demonstrates an increased occurrence and high stability of these not-so-usual G-quadruplexes if they are situated either in the sequences […]
Neha khan, Jamia Millia Islamia The Human Genome Project had been started, aiming at curing deadly diseases and making healthcare facilities better. The human genome project (HGP) was launched in the year 1990 and was called a megaproject. It was a collaboration of International, government, and private companies’ effort to map and sequence the entire […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY COVID-19 drastically hit 2020, an eye-witnessed pandemic for us all. Analysis from many patients suffering from COVID-19 the second time suggests that the immune system failed to ward off the second thrash of the virus. A recent study now puts light on the fact. Reports highlight that the coronavirus mutates itself […]
-Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata In the whirlpool of diseases that strike humans, how worthy will it be to pinpoint the origin behind by just using 4 English alphabets that conclude specie’s fate? Hidden in 98% non-coding regions occurring in the large size of 6.4 bn bp human genome, with minor allele frequency (MAF) […]
