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Shreejita Bhowmick, Techno India University Introduction Pregnancy itself is a beautiful journey of a highly regulated cascade of events, ones which we generally relate with a woman. But what if this role is switched and the males are the ones giving birth?Nature always amuses us and in our surroundings, we can observe a few instances […]
Hari Krishnan R, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Proteases are enzymes that break down proteins and perform very important functions in the body, including digestion, reducing inflammation. Cathepsins (CTS) are a group of lysosomal proteases that are found in almost all organisms and are essential for the normal metabolism of the body but also […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) Protein Trafficking The transportation of proteins to the extracellular space or subcellular compartments is called protein trafficking. Protein quality control contains everything from monitoring protein folding, cellular mechanisms, to detecting abnormal forms. Firstly, proteins are synthesized at cytoplasmic ribosomes, and their destinations are determined by transport signals. Cytosolic proteins are those where […]
Aayushi Gaur, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kurukshetra University Antiviral antibodies, in general, are considered antiviral because they play an important role in the control of virus infections in a variety of ways. But the presence of these antibodies might be advantageous to the virus in some cases. Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) of viral infections […]
Aqsa Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia The History Behind The Warburg Effect In the 1920s, Otto Warburg described the increased production of lactate utilizing glucose even in an adequate supply of oxygen in tumor cells. Warburg, from his study, concluded that this impairment in cancer cells is due to dysfunctional mitochondria. Over a period, however, with […]
Moumita Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Introduction Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare disease that affects 1 in every 4-8 million infants worldwide. It is a disease characterized by accelerated aging in humans. Progeroid syndromes (PSs) can be identified as rare and fatal genetic disorders characterized by various features and symptoms of premature physiological aging. […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal A very rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease, Goodpasture syndrome (GPS) was discovered in 1919 by Dr. Ernest Goodpasture when he reported a case of bleeding in the lungs and glomerulonephritis during an influenza epidemic. Its rate of occurrence is 1 out of 1 million per year. This disorder […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata ‘I feel as if I’m losing all my leaves. The branches, and the wind, and the rain. I don’t know what’s happening anymore.’ This is the statement that reminds us of Anthony Hopkins’ accurate portrayal of a dementia patient in “The Father” (2020). And precisely, the movie attempts to put […]
Shagun Nikke Churasia, Guru Nanak Dev University Introduction Genes, the functional units of DNA that compose the human genome and play a vital role in various aspects of an individual’s life. From a person’s behavior to physical characteristics, genetics are responsible for nearly every human trait a person has. The behavioral trait that can be […]
Aayushi Gaur, U. I. E. T., Kurukshetra University Doctors battled to keep patients breathing in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing mostly on treating lung and circulatory system damage. However, evidence of neurological consequences was already collecting at the time. Some COVID-19 patients were suffering from delirium, which manifested as confusion, disorientation, and […]
