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HEALTH

Prions: Risk of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) or Zombie deer disease 

Umesh Prasad -
Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), first detected in 1996 in the United Kingdom, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE or ‘mad cow’ disease) and Zombie deer disease or Chronic Wasting Disease...
BIOLOGY

How Brine Shrimps survive in highly saline waters  

SCIEU Team -
The brine shrimps have evolved to express sodium pumps that exchange 2 Na+ for 1 K+ (instead of the canonical 3Na+ for 2 K+)....
BIOLOGY

Anthrobots: The First Biological Robots (Biobots) Made from Human Cells

Umesh Prasad -
The word ‘robot’ evokes images of human-like manmade metallic machine (humanoid) designed and programmed to automatically perform some tasks for us. However, robots (or...
MEDICINE

Nobel Prize in Medicine for COVID-19 vaccine  

SCIEU Team -
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 has been awarded jointly to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman "for their discoveries concerning nucleoside...
BIOLOGY

Kākāpō Parrot: Genomic sequencing benefits Conservation programme

Umesh Prasad -
Kākāpō parrot (also known as “owl parrot” because of its owl-like facial features) is a critically endangered parrot species native to New Zealand. It...
BIOLOGY

Non-parthenogenetic animals give “virgin births” following Genetic engineering  

Umesh Prasad -
Parthenogenesis is asexual reproduction in which genetic contribution from male is dispensed with. Eggs develop to offspring on their own without being fertilised by...
BIOLOGY

Cryptobiosis: Suspension of life over geological time scales has significance for evolution

Umesh Prasad -
Some organisms have ability to suspend life processes when under adverse environmental conditions. Called cryptobiosis or suspended animation, it is a survival tool. Organisms...
BIOLOGY

Craspase : a new safer “CRISPR – Cas System” that edits both Genes and Proteins  

Umesh Prasad -
“CRISPR-Cas systems” in bacteria and viruses identify and destroy invading viral sequences. It is bacterial and archaeal immune system for protection against viral infections. In...
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