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Sumedha Guha, Techno India University The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) towards the latter part of 2019 had brought mankind to a screeching halt for some time. The global pandemic that followed in its wake is something that every nation of the world is still grappling hard to recover from. […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Osteosarcoma is a rare malignant bone tumour found in adults and children. It is characterized by early lung metastasis and poor prognosis that seriously the physical and mental health of patients. Chemotherapy and surgery include the main clinical treatment however, recurrence of metastasis remains the poor prognosis. Advances in the […]
Avipsha Datta, Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta The Bcl-2 family of proteins are the prime players in the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Malfunctioning of 1 or more members can lead to cancers, neurodegenerative diseases and various other developmental disorders. The pro-apoptotic member BAX plays a central role in apoptosis with the assistance of mitochondrial […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Barcelona Institute for Global Health, for the first time, pointed out the relationships between multiple urban lifestyles, and body mass index (BMI) exposure. There is growing evidence that urban exposures like air pollution and a huge population are directly declining the growth and increasing obesity in children. Data was collected from 80,000 children living in […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta When an obvious cause of the disease is not present, a doctor takes into account the patient’s medical history, age, symptoms, test results and overall health to figure out what is wrong. By doing this and thus correlating different factors, they figure out what is most likely the issue. This […]
Arpan Banerjee, University of Calcutta Prematurity or pre-term birth has become one of the most alarming cases about child mortality all across the globe. Approximately, 1.1 million pre-term babies perish every year throughout the world. By definition, it is the birth of a baby at lesser than 37 weeks, as opposed to the usual which […]
Avipsha Datta, Department of Biophysics, University of Calcutta Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that impairs brain function and memory. Neurons degenerate, disrupting the neural networks and thereby destroys our memory and other important motor functions. AD is thought to be caused by the abnormal build-up of proteins aggregates in and around the […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a common contagious virus that is sexually transmitted by oral-to-oral contact and causes infection in or around the mouth known as oral herpes and it also causes infection in the genital region known as genital herpes. A current study has shown that herpes simplex virus type […]
Sayak Biswas, Amity University, Kolkata Visual information is collected by the animals with the help of photoreceptors that are present in the retina. These visual signals are transferred to the brain through the retinal ganglion cells or the RCGs. In several binocular animals, the RCG axons are connected both to the ipsilateral and contralateral side […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata An increased chance of cancer among those who consume large amounts of dairy products and red meat has been identified by a team of researchers at the Department of Cell Research and Immunology of Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research at Tel Aviv University’s George S. Wise Faculty of […]
