-Pratyushee Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the primary causes of infertility. Additionally, increases the risk of metabolic syndrome, diabetes type 2, and endometrial carcinoma for women at the reproductive stage. A majority of girls with PCOS have an above-average body mass index (BMI), insulin resistance (IR), and also PCOS symptoms. The typical PCOS symptoms include ovarian cysts, male […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Recently, as the world is implementing re-opening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared contact-free temperature assessment devices are being used at entry points to identify and screen out feverish individuals who may carry the coronavirus. But even when the devices are used properly, temperature assessment may have a limited impact […]
–Rishav Chakraborty, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata The SARS-COV infection occurred first in 2003-2004. The infection is believed to be contracted from animals including monkeys, Himalayan palm civets, cats, dogs, and rodents. Clinical manifestation including myalgia, headache, sore throat, and fever followed by severe respiratory distress. The virus binds with the ACE-2 (Angiotensinogen Converting Enzyme) […]
–Shrayana Ghosh and Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata As Rita Levi-Montalcini, the eminent Italian Nobel Laureate and role model to many, once said, “Above all, don’t fear the difficult moments. The best comes from them”, women continuously have prospered in difficult times and have proved their worth to the society by overpowering various obstacles and […]
–Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study by the University of Bristol describes a newfound mechanism of learning in the brain which stabilizes memories and decreases impedance between them. Memories are created by excitatory connections between the nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the brain – a region crucial for the formation of memories. Inhibitory […]
-Mayukh Sinha, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic is the trending matter of concern. In addition to that, the post-recovery health of COVID-19 patients has imposed a threat as well. It has been reported that a 33-year-old Chinese man caught his second infection. It simply posed a doubt on the human immune system’s ability to […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone The formation of a cleft-palate or cleft-lip in an individual is due to the combined contributions of both genetic and environmental factors. Years of research have now revealed that differential expressions caused due to epigenetic factors like DNA methylation and histone modifications can help us determine the exact genes responsible for […]
–Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata The emergence of an exceedingly pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has sparked novel concern in human coronaviruses around the world. The coronavirus came into view in Wuhan, a city of 10.9 million people in China’s Hubei zone’19. The highly contagious novel SARS-COV-2 virus not only affected the medical […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
–Yashraj Singh, Amity University Kolkata Epilepsy is one of the most misinterpreted serious Neurological diseases of all time and surprisingly the most demographically(in the population) prevalent. There are various forms of epileptic seizures of which the tonic-clonic seizures(involuntary muscular contractions) being the most traumatizing and rarest of all. At least in India, people have blatantly […]
