Tag: Banaras Hindu University
Oyster Mushrooms: a market opportunity
Button mushrooms are easily accessible in the market in most places in India today. But, more nutritious and tastier oyster mushrooms are not. That is an opportunity for paddy farmers, say Indian researchers. Here is a report on recent research on farming oyster mushrooms.
Fighting Leishmania with Synthetic Glycoside
A glycoprotein protects leishmania parasites from digestion by our macrophages. So the parasites can hitch a ride on macrophages to viscera, mucosa or skin and start dividing, causing leishmaniosis. Indian scientists have come up with a synthetic glycoside which targets the glycoprotein and effectively kills the parasites. Tanya Jain, NII, reports.
