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June 18, 2013
by Bin Yamin
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Introduction to Biohacking

According to Oxford Dictionary, Biohacking is” the activity of exploiting genetic material experimentally without regard to accepted ethical standards, or for criminal purposes.” It is a practice of hacking biological tools and information’s, but not breaking protective biological databases and stealing information’s. Biohacking is a non-institutional activity, it promotes open source development of genetic engineering programs. Biohackers are amateur biologists who call for open access Read more [...]

May 28, 2013
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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Rosalind Info

No, this post is not about brilliant X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin. Here, I’m going to introduce a website rosalind.info. Yes, this project commemorates her contribution in the discovery of the DNA double helix. In simple words, Rosalind.info is a way of learning bioinformatics in practical approach through problem solving. Those who have basic knowledge in any programming language and interest in problem solving, can gather clear idea about what is bioinformatics, how bioinformatics Read more [...]

May 25, 2013
by Rokib Hasan
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Synthetic biology enables fast-adapting flu vaccines

According to the CDC, not only did the 2012-2013 flu season begin early, but activity of the virus was considered high. Also, the vaccines for that season were only shown to be only around 56% effective in preventing flu-related doctors’ visits. This is a result of the flu virus changing so quickly as it develops new strains that it’s often likely that the current vaccine is already outdated by the time you get it. However, University of Massachusetts synthetic biologists have had Read more [...]

March 5, 2013
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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A blessed child cured from AIDS

Recently researcher reported for the first time that a documented case of a child being cured from HIV. Dr. Deborah Persaud, of Johns Hopkins University and an amfAR grantee, detailed the case of a two-year-old child in Mississippi Hospital. Her mother was a HIV positive but she didn’t know that and never took any medication for it. The case revealed when she get to the hospital before the birth of her child. That’s why, the infant was in a higher risk of infection. There is a protocol for Read more [...]

March 2, 2013
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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More than two strands

DNA has an iconic structure constructed by two strands. This structure is most abundant in anywhere and studied most. But recent approaches say that, researchers are getting interested in DNAs which have more than two strands. Like, four stranded package of DNA called G-quadruplexes. This have been researched for a long time and created synthetically in the lab and had no evidence that, they could form naturally. But now, they have been identified in human cancer cells. Cancer cells divide very Read more [...]

February 13, 2013
by Rokib Hasan
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Lake-drilling team discovers life under the ice

Beyond the 48-hour journey from the South Pole meandering, the west coast of the United States, John Priscu has suffered from more than his fair share of just jet lag. However, I will not be able to mask the excitement in his voice tired. After work, which is to find the first life of the lake trapped under the ice of the frozen continent of Antarctica he and his team in the field, intense week. He says, "life is definitely Whillans harbor lake." "The Antarctic ice sheet of large marshland Read more [...]

February 1, 2013
by Rokib Hasan
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Can we do this ?

 It’s the show time for biological science. We are going through an age, when biological science has the greatest investments for money, merit and media coverage. Our country has also made a powerful impact in this field with the success of JUTE GENOME PROJECT. It is also a matter of pride that many of our Scientists have gone beyond the national boundary, such as Dr. Abed Chaudhury, Dr. Maksudul Alam and many graduates are working in various renowned research organizations both in our country Read more [...]

February 1, 2013
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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Way to a novel pain killer

Let me introduce a weird creature in the earth. It has a weird name, weird nature, and weird eating habit and carrying a weird secret of a pain killer. The name is Grasshopper mouse, endemic to the United States and Mexico and distantly related to the common house mouse. They do not posses any nature of grasshopper rather they howls like wolf, bites like tiger. They are only carnivore mouse of north America. Insects, snakes, lizards, scorpions and even other mice make up 90% of their diet. They usually Read more [...]

January 10, 2013
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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First photo of DNA double helix published

DNA is the ultimate code of life. In 1953 Watson and Cric discovered the double helix structure of DNA using various theoretical assumptions. As DNA is the fundamental genetic materials in many organisms, to know its structure was necessary for understanding its interactions with different elements. Recent years we cracked the sequence code of DNA, modified it for our various purposes. But, no one ever saw it actually. Recently Enzo Di Fabrizio at the University of Geona in Italy revealed a true Read more [...]

December 25, 2012
by Ruhshan Ahmed
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Self healing of heart may reveal

Heart attack is perilous because it caused damage to heart cells. And it is unfortunate that heart cells lose their ability to regenerate soon after we born. So, in a heart attack scar tissue replaces the dead tissue not new muscles. Recently, Mauro Giacca of International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology has identified MicroRNAs that stimulate adult heart cells to divide and multiply. MicroRNAs are short RNA sequences that turn genes on or off. To detect which were involved Read more [...]