PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Heavy metal collection from industrial wastes and agriculture is a long-standing challenge. This is more dangerous for copper since pollution from copper is unsafe for both the environment and for human health. The researchers, in this study, applied a two-way approach of Darwin’s theory of natural selection with bacterial bioengineering […]
Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Recently a mechanism has been determined by which microRNAs can be degraded by cells. This was discovered by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The information sheds light on the working of cells and how that can be used to establish a new way to combat infectious diseases and cancer. […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Molecularly imprinted polymers, also known as MIPs, were first developed about half a century ago. It uses the technique of molecular imprinting that leaves cavities with an affinity for a selected “template” molecule within the polymer matrix. In the presence of a template molecule that is extracted afterwards, the process […]
Avipsha Datta, Department of Biophysics, University of Calcutta Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that impairs brain function and memory. Neurons degenerate, disrupting the neural networks and thereby destroys our memory and other important motor functions. AD is thought to be caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins aggregates in and around the […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Tuberculosis (TB), is one of the main causes of death around the world especially in children, is brought about by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). MTB infects the cell, stimulates immune response and triggers inflammation. Recent studies show that host-pathogen interaction is vital for TB pathogenesis and progression. MTB […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Protein biosynthesis is the basic need of cellular life for which it requires the systematic functioning of the translational machinery. At the centre of this machinery, the ribosome is present which is a ribonucleoprotein complex and depends heavily on Mg2+ for its structure. Recent experimental studies indicate that other metal cations […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many a time, a heart transplant is the only hope of survival for patients with any cardiac problems when every other surgery fails. For this, they have to wait for too long. Cardiac xenotransplantation has been a target of scientists globally for years, and in one year, pig hearts might […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The alarming hypothesis that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to be around for several years calls for rapid and successful therapies. Though anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike monoclonal antibodies originated from mice have shown robust performance in various immunoassays including western blotting, ELISA, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation, there is still a […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Severity and death from Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are associated with the older population; testing such vaccine candidates is important to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A phase 1, open-label trial with an escalated dose of messenger RNA vaccine, mRNA-1273, which encodes the stabilized prefusion […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
