In the news and comment section of Nature published on the 19 Aug 2012, Daniel Cressey describes virus-like-nano-particle built target tumors. The team headed by Yuhong Chen designed a self-assembling nanoparticle to target tumor cells like a virus. The team observed that mimicking a virus is a useful way to deliver drugs to cancerous cells. The sensational finding wa

In the news and comment section of Nature published on the 19 Aug 2012, Daniel Cressey describes virus-like-nano-particle built target tumors . The team headed by Chen designed a self-assembling nanoparticle to target tumor cells like a virus. The team observed that mimicking a virus is a useful way to deliver drugs to cancerous cells. The sensational finding was reported recently b

The forthcoming nineteenth Conference under the aegis of Islamic World of Academy of Sciences will be held in Dhaka, sometime in May, next year. GNOBB members feel grateful to the Government of Bangladesh for the nice gesture it has shown in hosting the next Conference of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences. The invitation has been extended by Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of

A group of researchers at the University of California, Davis and the University of Colorado have reported that Triclosan [5-chloro-2-(2, 4-dichlorophenoxy) phenol; an antibacterial chemical widely used in hand soaps] hinders muscle contractions at cellular level, slows swimming in fish and reduces muscular strength in mice. This important finding has been published on August 13, 20

GNOBB would wish all its members and well wishers a very happy and joyous Eid-ul-Fitr. May this Eid bring unmixed happiness and blissful life to all of us. May all of us get the strength to overcome any obstacles that may stand in our way to prosperity and progress. May the days leading to this holiday offer GNOBB members and their families with enrichment and happine

Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France, have determined the detailed 3-dimensional structure of an enzyme called endonuclease (a part of the viral RNA polymerase) which is responsible for a unique mechanism that allows the virus to trick its host cell into producing viral proteins. This important finding is published on the 2nd of August

A team of eight scientists in Harvard University and Cal Tech have jointly accomplished an unbelievable feat. They succeeded in creating an artificial jellyfish. An article entitled, “A tissue-engineered jellyfish with biomimetic propulsion” has been published on the 22nd July issue of Nature Biotechnology. The findings reported here are considered to help in artifi

 Structure of Rack1A August 7, 2012. An interesting seminar on, “Small Compounds Regulate Scaffold Protein RACK1A Mediated Cellular Stress Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis and rice” was delivered by Dr. Hemayet Ullah, Associate Professor, Biology, Dept. at Howad University on Monday, the 6th of August at 11 a.m. in KAL gallery at the Department of Biochemistry and

youngBB is organizing BIOCAMP-2012 at Mawlana Bhasani Science and Technology University, Tangail. It will be a combination of Business and Bioinformatics Modules this time. Hope to reach some other Universities in coming days too. Details will follow

 Prof. Lawrence Lustig Prof. Lawrence Lustig at the University School of Medicine San Francisco and associates have reported that the newly born mice that lack the gene encoding the transporter VGLUT3 are deaf because the absence of this gene renders inner hair cells of the ear’s cochlea incapable of sending electrical signals to the brain. This exciting piece of news pu