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Madhavi Bhatia, NIPER Guwahati Childhood interstitial lung disease (chILD) is a heterogeneous group of rare disorders which is characterized by diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, respiratory signs and symptoms, and impaired gas exchange. These disorders are very difficult to diagnose and are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. chILD, systemic hypertension, and immune abnormalities are seen in […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Rituximab being a revolutionary monoclonal antibody, owing up to the mode of action as a potent therapeutic in targeting CD20 cells, has a strong impact on autoimmune health, including systemic lupus erythematosus. Thrombocytopenia, a rare illness, following rituximab is seen to give rise to haematological malignancy. As autoimmune disorders are rare […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College A recent study conducted by Satveer Mahil et al., showcased in the current year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology, demonstrates that it is not the response of T-cell but that of the antibody to the first jab of the Pfizer […]
Sumedha B S, Bangalore University “Hygiene” is the practice used to prevent the spread of infections. The term “cleaning” refers to practices used, to remove soil/dirt to make any surface visibly and aesthetically clean by using products. “Too clean for our own good”? The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ states that early childhood exposure to germs (microorganisms) protects […]
Mahek Sharan, Institute of Applied Medicines and Research When the whole country is fighting against the deadly Coronavirus that has led to a global lockdown, the entry of the Zika virus in Kerala has raised concerns among the people of India. What is Zika Virus? A virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family which has the […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Machine learning has been useful to us in several ways. It has helped in the development of self-driving cars, google assistant, weather prediction, image recognition, language translation, you-tube recommendation, and much more. Machine learning finds it to be very helpful in biology, health informatics, and medical sciences […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Chemical modifications of nucleotide bases of RNA are important regulators of RNA metabolism. Detecting such modifications may revolutionize transcriptomics, but is equally challenging to develop. RNA profiling concerning the transcriptome is quite difficult due to the lack of effective technology. A solid detection and analysis technique […]
Esha Mohite, MGM’s College of Engineering and Technology We all are well aware of the circumstances under which people all over the globe are living, since the last year. Covid-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) has become a household name. The virus that previously was generally found in birds, bats, and cattle, has now taken […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida What is the Rett Syndrome? Rett syndrome also called RTT, is a rarely occurring genetic neurological or brain disorder. As a developmental disorder, it is found mostly in girls. There are severe functional impairments associated with Rett syndrome, affecting nearly every aspect of the child’s life. Language […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Rheumatoid Arthritis and osteoporosis: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that mostly occurs in synovial joints. Its symptoms are local bone loss depicted by juxta-articular osteoporosis, and systemic bone loss depicted by generalized osteoporosis. Among these two symptoms, generalized osteoporosis is more common in patients with RA […]
