Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Preterm newborns’ survival rates have risen thanks to advances in neonatal intensive care. The danger of long-term neurodevelopmental morbidity in many preterm and extremely preterm babies is well established. Research suggests that even moderate to late-preterm babies are susceptible to such negative consequences. Prematurity and low birth weight have recently […]
Richa Prakash, Msc, Central University of Punjab What is gut microbiota? Microbiota is defined as the collection of microorganisms including all bacteria, archaea, viruses, protists, and fungi. The population of microbiota depends upon the environment they are present in. So, the name of the microbiota is always preceded by the environment they are surrounded by. […]
Binayak Das, Team BioXone Introduction In the year 1944, Hans Asperger, a Viennese pediatrician who first noticed amongst the children that were being referred to his clinic, that some of them depicted matching yet unique personality traits and behavior. The existing theoretical models and instruments to evaluate psychological aspects of childhood from that time failed […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata What is Neuroplasticity? Plasticity is the quality of a material that allows it to easily change its shape or get molded; neuroplasticity is the same when the brain is taken into consideration. Thus, neuroplasticity is the capability of the brain to adapt to certain changes in the lifetime of an […]
Surupa Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata A new gene therapy clinical trial for treating Angelman syndrome has been put to hold after two candidates temporarily lost their ability to walk. GTX102, the drug used in the clinical trial was developed by a California-based biopharmaceutical company Ultragenyx, in collaboration with GeneTx, a Florida-based biotech startup. The trial […]
