Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata “The longer your telomeres, the better off you are”, remarkedElizabeth H. Blackburn, an eminent biologist and the Nobel Prize (2009) awardee for the remarkable discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase. Insight into the fountain of youth: Telomeres are specialized minuscule molecular structures made from […]
Madhavi Bhatia, NIPER Guwahati Mitochondria and the pathological events surrounding it: Mitochondria, also known as the powerhouse of a cell, approximately generates about 95 % of the cellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidative phosphorylation. Mitochondria play a crucial role in the regulation of cellular physiology and pathological mechanisms which include metabolic control, ATP generation, immune […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Normally osteocyte apoptosis is the default fate to remove dead bone cells and its self-renewal for preserving the strength. But at times the apoptosis gives rise to pathological conditions of ageing, fatigue, inflammation, decreased bone mineral density, ultimately bone loss. Osteocytes surgery often induces osteoporosis resulting in bone microstructure and […]
