Seshadri Dutta, NIIT University Introduction Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells are a type of genetically engineered T- cells, modified in order to produce an artificial T-cell receptor that can be further used for immunotherapy. These receptor proteins are engineered in a way that it gives the T-cells the ability to target a specific protein. Following […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian Studies demonstrate that Artificial Sweeteners (AS) which are synthetic sugars that are commonly consumed can turn healthy gut bacteria into damaging microbes and could cause significant health issues such as blood poisoning etc. What are artificial sweeteners? Artificial sweeteners are chemicals or synthetic sugars that are used to sweeten foods and beverages. […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Taste is one of our most important senses. Without it, we would never know the pleasure of eating ice cream on a hot summer afternoon and drinking our favorite tea while reading a Jane Austin classic. Memory retrieval is the basic ability of organisms to make use of acquired and […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata With the coronavirus pandemic taking over the world, people being locked in their undergoing depression, medical practitioners prescribing Procaz, sounds pretty ok, except for the fact that it might turn fishes into zombies? Researchers have discovered that long-term exposure to the medication makes guppies act all the more indistinguishable. […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The absence of effective drug delivery strategies has eventually restricted the very little medical progress in the field of Glioblastoma (GBM) – the most aggressive form of brain cancer in the past decades. The delicate anatomical structure of the brain results in low success rates. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) offers […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The SARS-CoV-2 virus can infect a cell by the interaction between the viral spike protein and the human cell surface protein ACE2. It binds with ACE2 using receptor-binding domains (RBDs) which are finger-like protrusions. Therefore, by blocking these receptors, the viral entry into human cells can be stopped and this can be […]
Avipsha Datta, Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta The Bcl-2 family of proteins are the prime players in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Malfunctioning of 1 or more members can lead to cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and various other developmental disorders. The pro-apoptotic member BAX plays a central role in apoptosis with the assistance of mitochondrial […]
-Sampriti Roy, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta. “As a result of this unique human viral expression system based on stem cells, it will now be possible to simulate a large number of diseases in their progression and, for the first time, analyse them with the utmost precision”, said Guiscard Seebohm, delighted at the success of […]
