Category: Biology
Bactoneurons
Team at Kolkata institute engineers bacteria to solve maths problems.
RNA editing
Wave Life Sciences, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, made history by becoming the first to clinically test RNA editing as a treatment for a genetic disorder.
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC)
A new study on hematopoietic stem cell transplants sheds light on how transplanted stem cells from donors change after engraftment and mutate over time.
Biobanks in Precision Medicine
Gaps in data protection and regulatory oversight threaten to make research based on biobank data
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for contribution to Machine Learning
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2024) | MicroRNA
Medicine Nobel 2024 awarded to Victor Ambros, Gary Ruvkun for discovery of microRNA
Animal Fats
The Supreme Court criticised Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister for making allegations about the use of animal fat to prepare the Laddu prasadam at Tirumala Tirupati Temple.
Stem Cells
Woman’s type 1 diabetes reversed with stem cell procedure in world’s first
Nanozymes
A CSIR-CLRI study has showed that nanozymes can ensure collagen’s integrity and enhance resistance to enzymatic degradation
Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics
First narrow-spectrum antibiotic successfully eliminates Fusobacterium nucleatum, a gum disease pathogen