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Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Analyses of endocasts revealing significant differences between Neanderthal and Homo sapiens neurocrania led to the conclusion that specific regions of the brain, especially the cerebellum, temporal and parietal lobes have expanded in the modern lineage owing to the differential growth of neural tissue. Other differences affecting subcortical regions are harder […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata With the advancement in Science and Technologies, our astronauts are preparing themselves for future space missions to explore their neighborhood. In order to traverse a long stretch of distance to reach other planets like Mars, space-traveling time will surely increase, driving the crew farther away from Earth. Inturn increasing […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Convenient recognition and treatment are significant for the control of Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Trichomonas vaginalis. The target of this study carried out by researchers was to gauge the presentation of the Visby Medical Sexual Health Test, a solitary use, point-of-care PCR gadget. Point-of-care testing refers to the […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata A psychiatric disorder is a mental illness that greatly disturbs an individual’s thinking, moods, or behavior and can even seriously increase the risk of disability, pain, and death. Studies have shown that negative emotions, along with psychiatric disorders and depression can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) incidences and even […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata More than 60% of cosmetics products are made up of talc to enhance the quality of the product. A two years (2018-2020) study concluded that every talc-based cosmetics products have a little amount of asbestos in them which can cause cancer, as many complaints were made stating women suffering from […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata A pregnant Singaporean woman, infected by the coronavirus gave birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, giving insight to the fact if the virus can be transformed from mother to child. The women’s doctors suspect that the mother, who got infected by the by the virus during […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata England affirmed Pfizer COVID-19 antibody on Wednesday, hoping in front of the United States and Europe to turn into the West’s first nation to officially embrace a hit it said should reach the most susceptible individuals early next week. PM Boris Johnson promoted the medication authority’s endorsement as a worldwide […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) agreed a dry swab-direct RT-PCR testing method for the COVID-19 virus which is presently developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This new method of dry swab-direct test aimed at ascending the test by atleast two to three folds with no […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Oncolytic viruses are genetically engineered for the destruction of cancer or tumour-causing cells specifically. They’re delivered for treatment inside the body via intravenous injection. In 2015, one such oncolytic virus was approved by the FDA for treating skin cancer, melanoma. A major obstacle in the application of oncolytic adenoviruses is that […]
SAGNIK NAG, Amity University, Kolkata SARS-CoV-2 is a type of RNA virus, which can develop mutations by three different ways: by making mistake from copying errors during viral replication, through interactions with other viruses infecting the same cell i.e. recombination, or they can be also induced by host RNA modification systems which are part of […]
