Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia The peripheral nerves can regenerate following an injury. Schwann plays a vital role in the regeneration of these nerves. They release myelin, de-differentiate, and proliferate. But the rate at which they regenerate is about 1 mm/day in humans, which is extremely slow. It often leads to incomplete recovery or disability in […]
Hari Krishnan R, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Proteases are enzymes that break down proteins and perform very important functions in the body, including digestion, reducing inflammation. Cathepsins (CTS) are a group of lysosomal proteases that are found in almost all organisms and are essential for the normal metabolism of the body but also […]
Jerry John, D.Y Patil University There are about 100 trillion micro-organisms in the human gastrointestinal tract. Most of these organisms include bacteria, and some are fungi, protozoa, and viruses. The collective genome of these micro-organisms is known as the microbiome. About: From 23,000 genes of the human genome, 3 million genes encode for the microbiome. […]
Supriyo Mukherjee, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya Scientific researches have unveiled a novel conformation of gigantic, extrachromosomal DNA in mud-dwelling archaea, as stated in a preprint posted on July 10, 2021, on bioRxiv. Extrachromosomal elements (ECE) comprise structures such as plasmids, megaplasmids, viruses, etc. which give rise to attributes like antibiotic resistance in bacteria. However, as reported in […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College The metabolomics assays have been gaining traction as they allow the simultaneous identification of hundreds of molecular metabolic products, present in biofluids and describes the exogenous exposures along with the downstream signalling response initiated thereafter. A well-registered benefit of the metabolomics assay lies in its capability to demonstrate associations with […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata What is Neuroplasticity? Plasticity is the quality of a material that allows it to easily change its shape or get molded; neuroplasticity is the same when the brain is taken into consideration. Thus, neuroplasticity is the capability of the brain to adapt to certain changes in the lifetime of an […]
Sagnik Nag , Amity University, Kolkata Hemodialysis is a treatment procedure wherein the blood is filtered from metabolic wastes and water, exactly mimicking the work of our healthy kidneys. Recently Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have claimed to discover that the carbon nanotube membrane pores would enable ultra-rapid dialysis processes which would efficiently reduce […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA The incurable eye disease Glaucoma leads to partial or total vision loss in approximately 80 million people. Therefore, it was extremely crucial to find a way around this complicated disease; the relation between metabolic disturbance in the nerve cells in the retina and high intraocular pressure. Moreover, in animal models, […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Barcelona Institute for Global Health, for the first time, pointed out the relationships between multiple urban lifestyles, and body mass index (BMI) exposure. There is growing evidence that urban exposures like air pollution and a huge population are directly declining the growth and increasing obesity in children. Data was collected from 80,000 children living in […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata The metabolism of cells, transporting amino acids across the cell’s membrane is an integral part of the process. Many pieces of research suggest that serious diseases like cancer (abnormal cell division), cystic fibrosis (a hereditary disease affecting the lungs and digestive system), aminoaciduria (urine contains a high number of amino […]
