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"Coping with the cold"- Octopus & RNA editing

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It is interesting to know how octopuses  🐙  and squid adapt to cold temperatures by altering their molecular makeup. When subjected to a 10-degree Celsius drop in water temperature, California two-spot octopuses and California market squid exhibited significant changes in the proteins they produced by editing their RNA.  RNA editing is a process where messenger RNA (mRNA) is modified, which can affect protein behaviour and production. While humans and other organisms have some capacity for RNA editing, cephalopods take it to extreme levels, modifying thousands of mRNA sites. Researchers conducted experiments by adjusting the temperature of the tanks housing the cephalopods. They found that cool temperatures triggered substantial RNA editing, altering about a third of the protein production instructions. The editing occurred rapidly within a few hours and primarily affected the nervous system. The changes in mRNA editing resulted in modified behaviour at the molecular lev...
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Vultures: The Ultimate Saviours

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                                                                                                                    White-Rumped Vulture ( Gyps bengalensis ) Vultures are the most unique creatures in nature. They are the natural cleaning agents who clean the environment by eating dead and decaying matter. There is a total of 23 vulture species present worldwide; out of that, 9 species are found in India. after the year 1990, the population of 3 species of gyps vultures declined drastically due to an NSAID drug named diclofenac. Diclofenac is a drug used by people to treat their cattle suffering from swelling or inflammation. Bombay Natural History Society was the 1st NGO that observed this decline and ...
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Some incredible scientific facts across the globe.

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1. At the time of birth, babies have approx. 300 bones.  2. During summers due to thermal expansion, the length of the Eiffel Tower can be increased up to 15 cm. 3. Amazon rainforest produces apx. 20% of Earth's total Oxygen. 4. Every year Hawaii moves apx. 7.5cm closer to Alaska. 5. A chalk composed of trillions of microscopic plankton fosils.
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Blood protein test to detect brain injury

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  What happens, if you come to know that a single blood test report can reveal more thin gs than you think, and there is no need to go for heavy check-ups and diagnosis processes, isn’t it exciting. Yes, of course, it is existing. Researchers reveal in their breakthrough study that it is possible to find out the severity of trauma in the head in only 15 minutes by doing a single blood protein test. This new research is published in the Journal of Neurotrauma and it will definitely help mankind on a vast level in saving time as well as money. Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a protein that can be used as a diagnostic biomarker to check traumatic brain injury (TBI) via a blood test. It is a miracle in the field of science and medicine because we can able to detect brain injury via a simple blood protein test in only 15 minutes. This definitely saves lots of money used annually for doing unnecessary CT scans and in heavy diagnostic methods. The science of the new era is very ...
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"Human Genome Databases" a key to big discoveries

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In the current era, biological databases associated with humans play a very prime role in the field of research and development. The “Human Genome Project” is a big achievement for the biological society provides a strong base for minutely studying the human genome. The evolution of scientific technology is the key root of the incredible growth of biological data and their respective databases. The major objective behind the origin of biological databases is not only to store it in an organized manner and share it to facilitate data retrieval but also to use it as a web application programming interfaces (APIs) to interchange and amalgamate data in a self-operating manner between different database resources. Biological databases are classified based on various criteria according to the type and nature of data it contains. The four major criteria that classified biological databases are the scope of data coverage,  level of data curation, method of data curation, and type of data m...
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