Bacteriophage: How A Forgotten Virus Can be An Asset to Combat Superbugs
What is the first word come to your mind after hearing the word ‘Virus’? Disease, infection, infectious, harmful, etc. right. What if tell you there are viruses that can cure our diseases. Haven’t heard before! But there does exist such viruses, which are friendly to humans. Just like good bacterias, there are good viruses. These bacterias are known as ‘Bacteriophages’ or ‘Phages’meaning bacteria eaters. These are good because ‘Bacteriophages’ are…
Trehalose: A Wonder Sugar or a Double-edged Sword
From where do we get the energy to run, walk and doing other stuff? The answer is obvious! From the food we eat, right. Ok, but what if I tell you to dig little deeper. Let’s recall some mechanism of our body to generate energy. You eat some food. Our body then digests that food with the help of acid and enzymes. When the body digests the food, carbohydrates in…
