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Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases, is characterized by abnormal cell growth with it’s potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Despite the therapeutic advances in treating cancer, it is still the major cause of death in developing countries. Chemotherapeutic resistance remains the main characteristic […]
SRILAGNA SARKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Vitamin D is one very critical nutrient in the developmental process, of neurocognitive function and in embryonic neuronal differentiation. Although the recent observational studies have shown an inconsistent link between gestational Vitamin D and its neurocognitive outcomes. As we already know the pigment Melanin protects the skin by blocking UV […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata The nitrogen cycle functioning connects the living and non-living spheres, naturally circulating nitrogen (N2) in numerous forms by the processes such as nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, decay (ammonification), and putrefaction. Thus, it is a crucial component embedded skillfully to support life on Earth that can never go unnoticed. Credits: […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Scientists extracted remains from the Egg Mountain in Western Montana and studied the fossils of 22 individuals Filikomys primaeval (which translates to “youthful, friendly mouse”). The remains were about 75.5 million years old typically stuck together in groups of two to five, with at least 13 samples clustered within a […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Cigarette smoking is one of the major risk factors and causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoking accounts for almost 90% of COPD risk. Smoking can destroy the lung parenchyma and also contribute to the development of emphysema in which the walls of the air sacs(alveoli) in the […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Retinoic acid (RA) is a primary bioactive metabolite found in vitamin A. It induces various important effects in cell growth and differentiation for both embryonic development and adult physiology. So, the retinoids have a crucial function in human physiology including fertilization, foetal development, they can also modulate immunity and vision and […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University In a recent study conducted on lung samples obtained from 79 patients who died of COVID-19, researchers from the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia discovered the SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage red blood cells (RBCs) but also prevent the new formation of key red blood cells (namely, Erythrocytes). […]
Arjama Roy, Amity University Kolkata The toxicity of ionizing radiation has been known for almost as long as ionizing radiation itself. High-dose radiation is related to the induction of chronic as well as acute radiation syndromes which may be further characterized into hematopoietic, gastrointestinal, and cerebrovascular syndromes. The intestine is the prime place for gut microbiota as […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Female deaths caused due to breast cancer (BC) is becoming one of the major parameters for increasing female mortality rate. There are many factors leading to increasing in the BC and tumours. Meta-analysis studies have focused in inverse relationships between vitamin D status and BC occurrence. Minimal level of vitamin […]
AISHILA KAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Cancer begins when cells in the body start to grow uncontrollably. The most important utility for the lung was maintaining a stream utilizing oxygen within the whole body. Lung cancer is a single hazardous problem, which might present in small and in the nonsmall cell too. But it is normally […]
