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Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara The whole world is trembling again for the second wave of covid-19. In this critical situation, a bunch of new covid-related problems has cropped up. Undoubtedly, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or ‘bad cholesterol and obesity are two intense risk factors of heart diseases and stroke. […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata In Chilean Patagonia, a fossil sample of a skunk-like animal from the dinosaur time has been identified, adding to current evidence that mammals roamed that part of South America much earlier than previously thought. Close to the famous Torres del Paine national park, a portion of the creature’s fossilized jawbone […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata From working 9-to-5 to working overtime and being stressed about every aspect of life, we humans changed our good and healthy lifestyle into an extremely unhealthy one. A healthy lifestyle leads to a sound body. Doctors have claimed that four pillars support our good health, including nutrition, physically being […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata HIV research is at an inflection point, where various ways to deal to attack the infection are in or are moving toward clinical advancements. Ongoing development is giving scientist trust that a utilitarian HIV cure or even destruction of the infection is conceivable. Numerous papers throughout the long term asserted […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Accelerated climate change due to global warming is a well-known reality today. While the concept of climate change is unknown to few, there remain many grey areas about the effects of this ongoing phenomenon. This calls for rigorous research and the same is currently being done all over the world […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata With the COVID-19 vaccine doing its rounds thorough out the world, the chances of contracting other variants of the virus are rising rapidly. At present, the vaccine provides an 85-90% immunity from the initial virus but is not known to be immune against the mutated versions of the virus. […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Proteins are the main functional biomolecules in the human body. These are the ones that are responsible for most of the functions in our body and maintains the structure and regulates other metabolic balances in the body. Thus, proper knowledge of it is a must. But the highly complicated structure […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata UC San Diego researchers have long studied neglected tropical diseases, which are chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect underprivileged communities in developing countries. They are referred to as “neglected” because pharmaceutical companies have little financial incentive to develop therapies for them. Chagas disease, the leading cause of heart […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata A new study shows that there were critical links between the minds of humans and mice in how they function – and malfunction. The ways by which the brain produces hallucinations provide a promising entry point to the development of much-needed new therapies for schizophrenia. Psychosis is a condition […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata A memorandum of understanding (MOU) among Hokkaido University, Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Robotic Biology Institute Inc., and iLAC Co. Ltd., led to the setting up of an automated system for the study of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. The focus of the collaborative project is towards the establishment of an automated methodical […]
