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13th issue

Question: How much blood do we have in our human body?                                                                                     Ms. Barasha Baruah, Class-VI Mangaldai Town Girls’ H.S School Answer: On an average, an adult human has around 4.7 to 5.5 liters of blood. The volume of blood is approximately 7 percent of one’s body weight. However, it is highly variable

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ARTIFICIAL CELLS AND PROSPECT OF THEIR APPLICATIONS

Simanta Koushik and Lukumoni Buragohain Department of Animal Biotechnology College of Veterinary Science, AAU Khanapara, Guwahati-22 INTRODUCTION: Artificial cells are engineered particles that mimic one or many characters of a biological cell. They can be integral biological cell imitators with cell-like structures or engineered materials which exhibit some of the key characteristics of living cells.

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EFFECT OF SOIL NITROGEN ON QUALITY OF TEA PLANT

Pubali Bhuyan Research Scholar   pubalibhuyan14feb@gmail.com             Dept. of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University Besides several mineral nutrients required for plant growth, nitrogen is also required in the largest amounts and is most often limiting. Although some plant species are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen through symbiotic relationships with soil microbes,

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DNA SEQUENCING AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Biswajyoti Borah Department of Animal Biotechnology College of veterinary science, Khanapara, Guwahati-22 Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the blueprint of life found in each cell. It is responsible for storing heredity information over generations through DNA replication, and transcription followed by translation. It is a double-stranded molecule, where four nitrogenous bases namely adenine, guanine,

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2019-nCoV: The third zoonotic coronavirus of the century

Dr. Ankita Gogoi1 and Dr. Prasanta Chabukdhara2 Ph.D. Scholars (In-service) 1Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, 2Department of Veterinary Biochemistry College of Veterinary Science, Assam Agricultural University, Khanapara, Guwahati Email id: drankita.vet009@gmail.com [This article is being published for the purpose of information only and reflects the current outbreaks and the details available so far.] Introduction With

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Editorial(13th issue)

It’s time to implement the Biotech Policy of Assam   Fulfilling a long-felt need of the State and gratifying the expectations of the scientific fraternity, the Government of Assam adopted the Biotech Policy for the State of Assam 2018-22 in the year 2017 and the same was launched by the Hon’ble Chief

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