What is Bioinformatics, Job Prospects and Successful People
What is Bioinformatics? Bioinformatics is a field of science that uses computational techniques to process, analyze and interpret biological data. It encompasses a range of scientific disciplines including biology, computer science, statistics, and mathematics, to solve problems in the field…
Best Gene Editing Tool: Prime Editing
Prime editing is a new gene editing tool that has been developed by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. It is a versatile and precise gene editing technique that has the potential to correct or insert specific…
COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
RICHLAND, Wash.—The virus that causes COVID-19 undertakes a massive takeover of the body’s fat-processing system, creating cellular storehouses of fat that empower the virus to hijack the body’s molecular machinery and cause disease. After scientists discovered the important role of…
Nitric-oxide accelerates germination in chickpea
The functional role of nitric oxide in flooding stress: Molecular oxygen is required for respiration in all aerobic organisms but oxygen levels are very low in some plant organs such as seeds, tubers and buds, where hypoxia is linked to…
