The articles covered topics on cancer, TB, anti-diabetic drugs, stem-cell etc
The Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB), CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research (NIScPR), New Delhi, has brought out a special issue in association with Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani, KK Birla Goa Campus and theSociety of Biological Chemists –India, (SBC-I) on the theme, Biological Chemistry: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward.
The special issue (March 2025 IJBB Vol. 62 Issue no. 3) has nine review papers and one original research paper broadly covering the emerging trends in biological chemistry contributed by reputed researchers in the subject area.
The articles cover (i) Phosphodiesterase 4 as a candidate therapeutic target of cancer (ii) A review of repurposing anti-diabetic drugs for the amelioration of betel-nut induced carcinogenesis; (iii) Chromatin higher order structure and possible therapeutic target (iv) From 2D to 3D: decoding tuberculosis pathobiology and drug development with ex vivo disease models; (v) Transport mediated antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis; (vi) Phenotypic antibiotic resistance: Involvement of genes and additional factors; (vii) An overview of response pathways for protection of mitochondria from protein misfolding stress (viii) Advances in myogenic differentiation: Role of stem cells, RNA-binding proteins, molecular pathways, and detection Techniques; (ix) Aspergillusnigeracidogenic metabolism: A biased view from the C and N interface; and (x) Camptothecin exerts anti-cancer effects through FoxM1 inhibition.
Publication of this special issue was possible only with the intensive effort of Prof Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR-NIScPR, New Delhi, and able guidance of the Editorial Board comprising globally renowned experts Prof Stephen Dimitrov (Chief Editor, IJBB), Prof DN Rao (Executive Editor, IJBB), Guest editors Prof Suman Kundu and Prof Meenal Kowshik, from BITS, Goa Campus, and the initiative taken by Dr NK Prasanna, Editor, IJBB.
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