October 2017 - Biomall Blog

Pigman or Manpig chimera – the science of growing human organs in pigs

BiomallOctober 30, 20170

On 26th of January 2017, a bunch of scientists from the gene expression laboratory at the Salk Institute, California published a paper in the highly reputed journal 'Cell' which took the scientific co...

American Scientists successfully use CRISPR and In vitro fertilization (IVF) technology to create the country's first genetically modified embryo

Genomics

America’s first genetically modified embryo created using CRISPR

BiomallOctober 29, 20170

MIT Technology Review, a magazine belonging to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published an article titled 'First Human Embryos Edited in US' on 26th of July 2017. The subtitle said 'Researc

Biomedical

Using Polydopamine Nanoparticles to produce Synthetic Melanin

BiomallOctober 25, 20170

Melanocytes insert granules of melanin into specialized cellular vesicles called melanosomes which are then transferred into the keratinocyte cells of the human epidermis. Melanin production often res...

TEER-MEA Chip; A Recent Advancement of the Organ-on-a-Chip and its application in Microfluidics and Cell culture

Biomedical

TEER-MEA Chip: A Recent Advancement of the Organ-on-a-Chip and its applications

BiomallOctober 20, 20170

Organs-on-a-chip (OOC) is a 3-D microfluidic cell culture chip which mimics or replicates the physiological response of actual organs or organ systems of the human body. Some organs that have been...

Genomics

Using CRISPR Cas9 in genome editing: The need of a prudent path

BiomallOctober 15, 20170

Editing the genes either its replacement or deletion is one the major working application of Biotechnology. It is very much important in designing experiments and answering questions pertaining to...

Genomics

CRISPR isn’t all bad for designer babies

BiomallOctober 11, 20170

Germline engineering refers to producing permanent and hereditary changes in the genome (genome editing). This, although mostly practised on nonhuman animals and under tight regulation, is perfect...