Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata The soft tissue that has the potential to produce a force that helps in voluntary/involuntary body movements is called muscle. The motion is a result of sliding movements of actin and myosin, the two protein filaments that help muscle contract. There are 3 types of muscles: skeletal (bone), cardiac […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University A ground-breaking randomized trial at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine has given us a new treatment for SARS-CoV-2 patients. In the trial that was led by Dr. Camillo Ricordi, M.D., mesenchymal stem cells of the umbilical cord were infused into the body of patients severely affected by […]
Soumili Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata Stem cells undergo asymmetric cell division to give rise to two daughter cells: One daughter cell which is similar to that of the original stem cell, And the second daughter cell differentiates into a non-stem cell. Stem cells are largely studied to understand the underlying mechanisms, by which they contribute to […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata In Greek mythology, chimeras were hybrid creatures; part lion, part goat, part snake. Now chimeras can be simply defined as animals made up of cells of two separate zygotes. Chimeric animals have more than one set of parents. Chimeras can be built in two ways; the first is to introduce […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Immortality is defined as eternal life i.e. being untouched by death, also acknowledged as eternal existence. Why do living beings gradually decay when they grow older? Senescence is the steady degeneration of cells or more appropriately of the entire organism ultimately. Organismal senescence leads to an increase in mortality rate […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common contagious virus that is sexually transmitted by oral-to-oral contact and causes infection in or around the mouth known as oral herpes and it also causes infection in the genital region known as genital herpes. A current study has shown that herpes simplex virus type […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Stem cells possess two fundamental properties: diving repeatedly to make copies of themselves and differentiating to give other types of cells in the body. They can be divided into— human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) which are pluripotent and can give rise to every cell type in the fully formed body tissue-specific […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone The medicinal worth of saffron (C. sativus L) has been widely acknowledged in the preparation of herbal-based medicine, over many years. Modern-day science has successfully found out that some of its key components, namely crocin, crocetin, safranal, and picrocin, are responsible for imparting it, its curative nature. The spice has been […]
