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Scientists inch closer to interpreting the stem cell code
Stem cells of an embryo are pluripotent – they can grow into almost any cell type in the body. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) are artificially reprogrammed body cells that can be made to function like embryonic stem cells, offering therapeutic advantages. However, understanding the genetic machinations of pluripotent stem cells is vital to successfully culture iPSC and is an active research area. In an exciting breakthrough, scientists have identified the group of genes responsible for maintaining distinct states of human pluripotency.
Study identifies a new mechanism underlying Inflammatory Bowel Disease
A team of researchers from the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, and Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, has revealed how crosstalk between two molecular pathways in the cells of the gut mediates the aberrant inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology & Research
A new insight into cellular recycling
In a new study, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, have demonstrated the functioning of a motor protein responsible for recycling material inside a cell. These findings are crucial since faulty recycling in cells is responsible for many disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Cancer.
Posted on in Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biophysics & Research
TNQ’s Inspiring Science Award 2022
TNQ’s Inspiring Science Award 2022 is now open for entries and will close at midnight, on 15 October, 2021. The award is given annually to young researchers for the best paper in the life sciences published from India in the previous year. This article tells more about the award and summarizes the results of its 2021 edition.
An ethical step: scientists find a new way to reduce the use of bovine serum in a cell culture study
Foetal bovine serum is a nutrient-rich additive widely used for in vitro cell culture studies. However, harvesting the serum involves inhuman methods, calling for replacing or reducing its use in experiments. Here is a report on one such ethical step by a team of researchers who found a novel technique to grow skin cells by drastically reducing bovine serum use.
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Cell Biology, Policy & Research
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- 2021
Malaria Control System: a digitised surveillance system to bolster the fight against malaria
Joel P. Joseph
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Bioinformatics, Policy, Research, Interdisciplinarity
Study finds gene transfer from early microbes might have helped the evolution of land plants
Somdatta Karak
Mulethi: could this common herb be a potential therapy for COVID-19?
Divya Khatter
Posted on in Biochemistry, Health & Medicine, Pharmacology, COVID-19, Research
Study finds patterns in mutations of SARS-CoV-2
Lekha Bandopadhyay
Posted on in Evolutionary Biology, Molecular Biology, COVID-19, Research
The role of a toxin-antitoxin system in tuberculosis
Shalini Roy Choudhury
Posted on in Health & Medicine, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Research
Mapping the biophysics of early events in Parkinson’s disease
Edna George
- 2020