Shruti S. Satpute, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University. Wreaking havoc on Earth Viruses are present in every ecosystem and have paved their way to the top of the food chain by being one of the most notorious microscopic organisms. Their ability to hijack and replicate inside living cells to proliferate using […]
-Prerna Jha, NIT Durgapur Microbes Vs. Pathogens Organisms that are of microscopic dimensions are simply referred to as microbes. They are so individually so tiny that we often need the help of microscopes (laboratory devices with high power lenses) to see them with our naked eyes! But not all of them are harmful. Pathogens constitute […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Vaccines derived from mRNA have greater versatility and efficacy for preventing Covid-19 infections. An effective alternative is DNA vaccines. It is used as it can induce humoral and cellular immune responses in animal models. They can also be utilized in human trials. The efficacy and immunogenicity of DNA-based vaccines were tested. […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Identification of antigen is a major step for the development of the vaccine. Artificial intelligence including deep learning systems is useful for identifying vaccine targets utilizing genomic and proteomic information. An artificial intelligence-based platform was developed by the researchers of Amity University, Noida, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA. […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow IgA stimulated neutrophil spider-webs have been explored a lot in the past few years for their antiviral mechanisms. These antibodies in particular are one of the most abundant in the immune system, richly present on mucosal surfaces and involved in the body’s defence mechanism against viral infections. During the […]
Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani Cell biology has tremendously grown during the latter years of the past century due to the convergence of numerous techniques that vastly enhanced the field of microscopy. The application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in life science has opened the door to a new era in diagnostic medicine. Urs Greber’s […]
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 CRISPR stands for clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats. Quite a mouthful isn’t it? In the name itself is hidden, its definition. It is composed of short identical palindromic DNA segments that are separated with spacer DNA, which are all unique. There are also a number of genes associated with […]
-Sayak Biswas, Amity University Kolkata Cells are made up of a specifically hostile environment. This hostile environment contains numerous immune sensors that help to detect infections caused by viruses. Production of interferons (IFN) takes place and the intracellular DNA plays a massive role in the inducing of the IFN. The cytosolic DNA gets recognized by […]
