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Denying manganese availability for pneumonia causing bacteria holds promise for novel antibiotics

BioTech Today August 25, 2021August 25, 2021 1

Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani Vitamins and minerals are required for the survival of all organisms, including pathogens. Metal ions are necessary for all living beings. Researchers from Australia have discovered how Streptococcus pneumonia (pneumococcus) gets its important mineral manganese from our bodies. This groundbreaking study might lead to more effective treatments against this […]

Specific Infections Require Specific Terminators: CAR T-cells

DNA tales August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 1

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 […]

AI and fluorescent microscopy combo to predict viral infections

BioTech Today June 28, 2021June 27, 2021 1

Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani Cell biology has tremendously grown during the latter years of the past century due to the convergence of numerous techniques that vastly enhanced the field of microscopy. The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in life science has opened the door to a new era in diagnostic medicine. Urs Greber’s […]

Vaccine for Covid positive HIV patients

BioTech Today June 21, 2021June 20, 2021 2

Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University SARS-CoV-2 vaccination data has proven to lower the morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19. However, this data severely lacks research among people suffering from immunodeficiency disorders, such as AIDS. In events of such opportunistic infections, where the human body is unable to produce the required immune response, the person is said […]

Why COVID-19 infects only some animals and not others?

bioxone December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 1

Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata 3-Dimensional modeling of Protein structure can provide us with lots of insights on its functions and interactions. Researchers from Stanford University, California utilized this technique to study the receptor-binding domain of SARS-coV-2. This discovery could help in drug development and the prediction of future outbreaks. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has changed […]

ENGINEERED ONCOLYTIC ADENOVIRUS TO TREAT METASTATIC CANCER

bioxone December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 4

Husna, Amity University Kolkata Oncolytic viruses are genetically engineered for the destruction of cancer or tumour-causing cells specifically. They’re delivered for treatment inside the body via intravenous injection. In 2015, one such oncolytic virus was approved by the FDA for treating skin cancer, melanoma. A major obstacle in the application of oncolytic adenoviruses is that […]

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 are making it more contagious than ever!

bioxone November 3, 2020November 2, 2020

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 […]

Is the frequent prescription of PPI medicines a boon or a bane?

bioxone October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 4

Husna, Amity University Kolkata Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are a class of medicines that work on the cells which are lining the stomach, reducing the production of acid in our stomach. They can treat heartburn and gastric acid reflux by irreversibly binding with the Na+ H+ ATPase located on the surface of gastric parietal cells.PPIs […]

DNA sensing got a pivotal role in protection against acute lethal virus infection

bioxone September 21, 2020September 21, 2020

-Sayak Biswas, Amity University Kolkata Cells are made up of a specifically hostile environment. This hostile environment contains numerous immune sensors that help to detect infections caused by viruses. Production of interferons (IFN) takes place and the intracellular DNA plays a massive role in the inducing of the IFN. The cytosolic DNA gets recognized by […]

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Denying manganese availability for pneumonia causing bacteria holds promise for novel antibiotics

Specific Infections Require Specific Terminators: CAR T-cells

AI and fluorescent microscopy combo to predict viral infections

Vaccine for Covid positive HIV patients

Why COVID-19 infects only some animals and not others?

ENGINEERED ONCOLYTIC ADENOVIRUS TO TREAT METASTATIC CANCER

Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 are making it more contagious than ever!

Is the frequent prescription of PPI medicines a boon or a bane?

DNA sensing got a pivotal role in protection against acute lethal virus infection

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