Charvy Rana, Department of Pathology, AIIMS, New Delhi What is MYCN protein? Cancer often involves the inactivation of tumor-suppressor genes and/or over-activation of oncogenes. The MYCN proto-oncogene is one such example, implicated for its amplified or “oncogenic” status in several neuronal and non-neuronal cancers (those of lung, ovaries, prostate, and more)1. Normally expressed during the […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata In this current spread of outbreaks, specifically with the emergence of more transmissible variants, frequent rapid testing for COVID-19 is a vital requirement. For that purpose, qRT-PCR (quantitative reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction), the gold standard COVID-19 diagnostic test, is employed these days. This method generally entails specialized equipment, a centralized laboratory facility, […]
Saptaparna Pal, Amity University Kolkata Currently, in our world, there are about 10 trillion gigabytes of digital data, and each day human produces photos, emails, tweets, and other digital files that add on to another 2-4 million gigabytes of data. A massive amount of this data was stored in enormous facilities called exabyte data centers. […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology For examining the activity of aging control genes, scientists fed Drosophila (fruit fly) with antibiotics. Activities of most of the aging control genes get changed, and surprisingly, these antibiotics extended the lives of the flies. Drosophila’s life increased by six days after being fed antibiotics. 70% of the […]
Shivani Vaja, former student President Science College DNA Sequencing is the systematic process of determining, performing, and analyzing the sequence of nucleotides ( the order of adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine nucleotides ) in DNA. The technique of resolving DNA sequence was known as Sanger sequencing. This methodology included the separation of fluorescently labeled DNA […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) In the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, new information is showing us the path of the disease. Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS) is an example of a complication that is also described as a hyper-inflammatory syndrome, where the characteristics are the same as Kawasaki disease. From the publication of CDC, 27 adult cases were reported which […]
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 […]
Ankita Chattopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Previously, COVID19 was associated with the onset of numerous symptoms that ranged from mild to moderate severity, starting from cough and fever to complete loss of movement in some cases. Unusual numbers of people from all over the world started showing different sorts of symptoms with different severities, at some […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Convenient recognition and treatment are significant for the control of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis. The target of this study carried out by researchers was to gauge the presentation of the Visby Medical Sexual Health Test, a solitary use, point-of-care PCR gadget. Point-of-care testing refers to the […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Brucella is small, Gram-negative, non-motile, unencapsulated coccobacilli. Among six different species with varying biotypes, four cause human diseases: Brucella abortus, B. melitensis, B. suis and B. canis generally causes human infection. Approximately half a million cases of human brucellosis are reported each year which is estimated to be 10-25% less than the real number according to […]
