Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that uses biological systems and organisms to develop or create products aimed at improving human life and environmental sustainability. This presentation covers the scope of biotechnology, with an emphasis on current advances such as CR [....] » Read More
Weeds are the major pest in achieving higher yield of any crop. Yield losses have been reported from 5-100% indifferent crops by weeds. To study the effect of weed management practices on weed control in wheat, an experiment was conducted at Agriculture Research Farm, Faculty of [....] » Read More
Title : Eliminating implant infection: 30,000 nanotextured implants in humans with no failure
Thomas J Webster, Interstellar Therapeutics, United States
Implant infection is rising with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control predicting one person every three seconds will die from a bacteria infection by 2050. Nanomedicine is the use of nanomaterials to improve disease prevention, detection, and treatment which has resulted in hundr [....] » Read More
Title : Aluminium mediated expression of dehydration stress protein and ability of Al-acclimatized immobilized Nostoc muscorum: A strategy to combat abiotic stress and its potential as a biofertilizer
Alvina Farooqui, Integral University, India
In the present study engineered cyanobacteria based biofertilizer using the concept of acclimatization and immobilization has been for the very first time introduced and attempted. The cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum (N. muscorum) was well acclimatized to Al metal by initially sub [....] » Read More