Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Over the coming decade, the world population over the age of 60 is expected to increase steadily. Human life expectancy has increased dramatically over the last two centuries owing to the development of modern medicine, vaccination, and surgeries. Surgeries performed under the effect of anesthesia have saved […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata Listeria is a gram-positive bacterial intracellular parasite that causes Listeriosis i.e. a foodborne infection causing fever, muscle aches, and, in many people, diarrhoea. It can cause fatal illness during pregnancy and affect newborns, adults with weakened immune systems and the elderly. According to statistics, 1,700 people in the U.S. get […]
Prama Ghosh , Amity University Kolkata Brazosport Water Authority, a water treatment plant in Lake Jackson, Texas, showed the presence of Brain-Eating Amoeba, Naegleria fowleri late Friday around 9:30 p.m. A “do not use” advisory was issued across the plant’s service area shortly after. Discovered in 1965, Naegleria fowleri infects the human body by entering […]
