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Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The absence of effective drug delivery strategies has eventually restricted the very little medical progress in the field of Glioblastoma (GBM) – the most aggressive form of brain cancer in the past decades. The delicate anatomical structure of the brain results in low success rates. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) offers […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta River Neeru in the Bhaderwah area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district was seen in dire straits after hundreds of fish were found abandoned at several places along the river. It was only after the death of such a huge number of fish that the local people noticed the mysterious […]
SRILAGNA SARKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Acupuncture is used in releasing the somatic pain threshold. Ear Acupuncture is a new kind of hand acupuncture that has an ability to deliver quite an effective analgesia with a minute physiological pain following caesarean section, gastronomy and enterectomy. A single-blinded randomized prospective clinical trial of 56 women, divided into […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA), the biopolymeric backbone to all life forms encodes for all biological information crucial for metabolic activities. Therapeutic targeting of these molecules along with peptides is highly in fashion, and the method ranges from small drug molecules to macromolecules (>100KDa) such as CRISPR-Cas. These molecules […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata The world of electronics is engorging as today it has many avant-garde ideas and projects, already under investigation, that will be put into practice in a short time horizon. Digitization of the human body by powerful technologies has provided great convenience to mankind for the past many decades. With the […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata CMV retinitis (cytomegalovirus retinitis) is an inflammation of the retina of the eye which can lead to blindness. CMV retinitis is caused by human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). CMV retinitis is mainly an AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) related opportunistic disease, some cases also report it during bone marrow transfer. Scientists studying AIDS-related […]
Jayateerth S. Bhavikatti, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. Canine distemper virus (CDV), a highly contagious disease in animals, is responsible for the mortality of a variety of flesh-eating animals including Canidae, Procyonidae, Felidae, Mustelidae, etc. This infection leads to complications in gastrointestinal, respiratory, and neurological parts of their bodies. The infection has been witnessed in […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata The brain goes through continuous and dynamic changes, hence, continuous electroencephalogram (CEEG) monitoring is an essential method for estimating consciousness. The monitoring of EEG is a noninvasive process performed by using electrodes added to the scalp surface. A cerebral herniation is an event that can cause a change in cerebral blood flow, imminent. cEEG […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata. Heart failure is the leading cause of mortality and human morbidity worldwide and remains a tremendous public health burden in the ageing population. Dilated cardiomyopathy which is characterized by the dilation and impaired contraction of both the ventricles, is the primary cause of HF and sudden cardiac death. In addition […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Neuroscientists at UCL Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research initiated a new perception of the unknown functions of memory. Thereby, raising questions like “how the inner GPS of the brain is supported by memories”. They used laser beams to activate the neurons and recorded the activity of the ‘place cells’ in […]
