Advancements in Life Sciences has started its third volume this November. This issue includes review and research papers from fields of Biotechnology, Health, and Agriculture. This time we majorly picked articles from agriculture and biotechnology along with representation of health chapter. All of the contents can be accessed openly. Enjoy reading! Volume 3, Issue 1 (25 November, 2015) Selection of potent bacterial …

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16 – 22 November 2015   Manipulatable Electronic plants are reality now Researchers have developed bionic plants with digital electronic circuits inside them, which can aid in studying plant physiology in addition to genetically engineering plants. Find source    Artificial Bionic vocal cords made in lab Scientist have successfully grown functional vocal cord tissue in a laboratory …

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09 - 15 November 2015   Countries with highest spending on health A list featuring countries spending the highest fortune on health is revealed this week. US is first on the chart with more than $8000 amount per capita on account of health. Find source      Glyphosate (herbicide) causes cancer. No it doesn't. European Food Safety Authority …

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02 – 08 November 2015   First success of the CRISPR gene editing technology Gene editing is becoming increasingly popular in research and clinical trials. This time gene editing helped push a 1-year-old girl’s leukemia into remission. This is the first case of cancer cure through CRISPR technology. Find source    Human Chimeras. Yes or No? NIH …

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 25 October – 01 November 2015   Reproducible Biomedical research Research and results that cannot be reproduced is one of the most debated issues in science. Academy of Medical Sciences, jointly with the BBSRC, MRC and Wellcome Trust from UK have jointly released a report on the issue. Find source    DNA evidence could bust the wrong …

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19 – 25 October 2015   A woman who can smell Parkinson's disease A woman from Scotland rightfully claims that she can smell Parkinson's disease. She had husband who died of this illness. During a long term stay with him she noticed a change in his smell from normal to something different. This news has …

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05 – 11 October 2015   DNA repair bags the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair". The discovery of these details came from the research going on for curing cancer. Find source  Elephants are immune to Cancer …

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28 September – 04 October 2015   To quench the water thirst.. After revelation of water on Mars, scientists are moving even deeper to find this 'matter' of life o different planets and their moons. Any presence of life above us could change our entirely as we know. Find source    Cancer drug curing memory issues What …

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21 - 27 September 2015   Are viruses alive? Another argument arose in favor of 'alive' viruses to augment the 'viruses are dead/alive' debate. Scientists take back it to the time when cells and viruses were not its shape as today. Virus’s role in evolution of cell makes them alive, they say. Find source   Germany starts searching …

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