Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Hearing impairment is one of the most common modes of sensory damage in humans and animals. Most hearing impairments are hereditary, i.e., they are inherited from parents before birth. Despite being common, the underlying mechanisms of hereditary deafness are complex and little understood. The most common cause of hearing loss […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease that torments mankind, caused by the parasite plasmodium. Researchers at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical research have understood how the body’s natural immunity can be manipulated to prevent malaria, bringing us one step closer to new potential therapy. The causative organism of this […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata CRISPR- Cas 9 gene-editing system, we all have heard of that isn’t it? A giant in Gene editing. Well here’s the thing- There is something even more interesting than that. Retrons: A group of researchers at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School have created a new gene-editing tool called Retron […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata One of the main functions a cell performs is the synthesis of proteins. This is done with the help of a set of factors called “transcription factors”. A team of researchers from Uppasala University have succeeded in studying transcription factors that are several billion years old. The studies helped them […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Last month the city of Kolkata had reported a double mutant type B.1.617 strain of COVID19. Today, an indigenous triple mutant variety B.1.618 is identified. This strain, dubbed as the “Bengal strain” by Scientists, is much more infective compared to the previous ones and what is terrifying them more is […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Proteins are the main functional biomolecules in the human body. These are the ones that are responsible for most of the functions in our body and maintains the structure and regulates other metabolic balances in the body. Thus, proper knowledge of it is a must. But the highly complicated structure […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Liver fibrosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among human beings. The unavailability of proper antifibrotic therapy makes the disease more deadly and the patients more vulnerable. RLX ( peptide hormone human relaxin-2), acting through a G protein-coupled receptor relaxin peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), promotes tissue […]
Sayan Roy, M.Sc. Biotechnology, Pondicherry University tRNAs are the intricate biological molecules involved in the flow of genetic information from DNA to protein by reading codons in mRNA. Besides tRNA and mRNA, several non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been discovered by scientists over the past few decades that include long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and small non-coding […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University To date we have known the best cure for muscle repair, damage and growth to be exercise. Rehabilitation work, physiotherapy and exercise has been a challenge for patients recovering from major operations or patients regaining voluntary control of their limbs after a long period of inaction. Associate Professor Alfredo Franco-Obregon […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Researchers in Japan and Cambodia have discovered coronaviruses which is similar to COVID-19. These are the first known relatives of SARS-Cov-2 to be found outside China and to be originated from horseshoe bats or Rhinolophus bats. It is still unknown if COVID-19 was transferred directly from bats to people or […]
