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Our Soul Companion

Do you have any pet in your home? Dog or cat or birds, or even an aquarium? If the answer is positive, chances are there that you have been benefited hugely because of your pet as a companion. The benefits are far-reaching if we consider our mental and physical health.

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Biochemical implication of halide anions

Author Information: Name of the Author/Authors: Dr. Barnali Deka Designation of Author/Authors: Guest teacher, Department of Chemistry, Handique Girls’ College. E-mail ID of Author/Authors: barnalideka.bd@gmail.com, Ph. No. 9957586575. Name and address of the Institute to which the Author/Authors are associated: Handique Girls’ College, GNB Road, Dighalipukhuri, Guwahati-781001. Halide ions occur abundantly in Nature and are

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Diagnostic and Genotyping tools for HBV & HCV in resource limited facility

 Manash Jyoti Kalita, SimantaKalita, Kalpajit Dutta, Subhash Medhi* Department of Bioengineering & Technology, Gauhati University, Guwahti-14, Assam       *Corresponding author.       Email: subhashmedhi@gauhati.ac.in  Viral hepatitis, a global public health problem, is becoming a pandemic in India. Presently there are five different types of Hepatitis virus, viz. HAV, HBV, HCV, HDV, & HEV. Chronic viral

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Know who can control your brain, mood and behaviour

Madhusmita Dehingia1 and Mojibur R. Khan2 1DBT-RA, Dept. of Animal Biotechnology, College of Veterinary Science, AAU, Khanapara 2Assistant Professor, Division of Life Sciences, IASST, Guwahati   Trillions of microbes, called ‘microbiota’ colonize the human body and have co-evolved with the host over millions of years. It has been estimated that the human microbiota is

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ব্যৱহাৰিক দিশত পশুধনৰ ভ্ৰূণ সংস্থান প্ৰণালীক আদৰি লোৱাত ইমান পলম কিয় ?

ডাঃ পাৰ্থ প্ৰতিম বৰা কৃত্ৰিম  গো- প্ৰজননৰ (Artificial Insemination) দ্বাৰা থলুৱা জাতৰ গাই গৰু, ম’হ, গাহৰি, কিম্বা ছাগলীৰ বংশৰ উন্নীতকৰণ কৰিব পৰা প্ৰক্ৰিয়া বহু দিনৰ পৰাই চলি আহিছে। গতিকে ইয়াক আঁতৰাই নতুন কিবা এটা কৰাৰ প্ৰশ্নই আহিব নোৱাৰে। কিন্তু এই প্ৰণালীটোৰ দ্বাৰা বহু সময়ত আশা কৰা ধৰণে ফল নোপোৱাৰ বাবে

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DNA Damage Detection In Diabetes Mellitus Using Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis

Safique Alam Junior Research Fellow Email:- safique.sa@gmail.com Biotech Hub, D.R. College, Golaghat, Assam DNA is the essential carrier of genetic information in the living organisms. Though sturdy, DNA undergoes spontaneous modifications naturally as a result of metabolic or hydrolytic processes. Any damage to DNA structure can lead to mutations and genetic instability. Paraphrased, DNA

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AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the breeding, rearing and harvesting of aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, crustaceans and molluscs in both coastal and inland areas involving interventions in the rearing process to enhance production. Officially, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) defines aquaculture as "the propagation and rearing

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Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine is a form of medicine that uses information about a person’s genes, proteins, and environment in order to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases. Specific information about a person’s tumor may be used in personalized medicine to help diagnose a cancer, plan treatment, find out the efficacy of treatment,

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Cure from the past: Phage Therapy

In today’s modern world, the human race is losing the arm race with antibiotics. Ubiquitous bacterial pathogens have been continuously evolving to resist antibiotics. Hospitals, particularly intensive care units, are an important breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant bacteria because of factors like - over the counter antibiotic use, patient overcrowding, fraudulent infection control

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