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Research Highlights (33rd Issue)

Engineered bacteria are ready to deliver antiviral drugs and vaccines orally   The commensal bacteria and probiotics help in digestion and immune response modulation. Probiotics have also shown great promise in avoiding bacterial and viral illnesses, such as sepsis and gastroenteritis, and in lowering the incidence and severity of a number of

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Research Highlights(30th Issue)

Valuable skin care products from fish gut bacteria Scientists from the Republic of Korea have identified some pretty strange molecules from the gut bacteria of fish that have skin-brightening and anti-wrinkle properties. A total of 22 compounds were identified from the gut bacteria Ruegeria atlantica and Pseudoalteromonas neustonica of Pagrus major and Acanthopagrus schlegelii, respectively. Sixteen (16) compounds

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Research Highlights(29th Issue)

Unraveling an ancient extinct bird The phenotypic properties of many extinct species like Dinosaurs could be determined by sequencing the fossil DNA using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology. Recently, researchers from multiple institutes have sequenced the complete genome of an extinct flightless turkey-sized bird, the little bush moa (Anomalopteryx didiformis). It

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Research Highlights(25th Issue)

  Novel computational tool to design mRNA with more stability and immunogenicity Development of mRNA vaccines by different companies to fight COVID-19 has given scope to the scientific community to develop mRNA vaccines against other infectious diseases. Besides generation of vaccines, mRNAs have application in antibody therapy, gene therapy, personalized medicine and

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