Arya Sukumar, College of Agriculture, Vellayani World Health Organization reports pneumonia as the most common cause of mortality among children across the world. Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes fluid and pus to fill in the air sacs, resulting in cough, fever, breathing difficulties, and other symptoms. In children experiencing pneumonia in Bangladesh, new […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Oral health is fundamental to the health and wellbeing of an individual. Dental caries is a pathological process that causes tissue destruction. This disease affects quite a huge population across the globe. If left untreated caries can increase plaque retention and lead to severe periodontitis. Periodontitis causes […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Antibiotic resistance and its impact: Antibiotics are drugs or chemical substances secreted by certain microorganisms engineered to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria. Thus, they induce the treatment of bacterial infections. Often when these drugs are overused or in the case of any drug abuse, bacteria develop an antibiotic […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata The researchers of Monash University have developed new antimicrobial surfaces that can efficiently reduce the formation of bacteria on medical instruments, including urinary catheters, and hence can reduce the risk of patient infection while in hospital. This world-class study proves the ability of these 3D-engineered surfaces in preventing the […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Another threat to human civilization apart from the current COVID-19 situation is the growing risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to overuse and un-prescribed consumption of antibiotics. An annual death of more than 2 million all across the globe made researchers find out a solution on how to control this risk. […]
Soumya Sarathi Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Bacterial infections leading to diseases or in many of the times increasing the severity of another disease are one of the most common issues faced by human beings. Increased resistance against mostly used antibiotics (drugs) is presently the biggest concern for healthcare professionals and the general public. […]
