Avani Dave, Jai Hind College What is DKD? Diabetes is the major cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the United States and across the world. Globally, an estimated 422 million individuals have diabetes, with up to 40% of them developing CKD over their lifespan. Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a pathological phenotype that does […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata Cardiovascular complications in patients with COVID-19 require attention. Patients having comorbidities like acute cardiac injury, arrhythmia hypertension, and coronary artery disease have been associated with increased mortality. The novel coronavirus, conversely, increases the risk of developing cardiovascular pathologies like cardiomyopathy, acute coronary syndrome, myocarditis, thromboembolism, and various arrhythmias. In several […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela In the last two decades, corona-viral diseases became a major public health issue, starting with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) outbreak in 2002 through 2003, then the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in 2012, and currently, the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been observed that […]
Diya Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata DISCOVERY: During the Roman Empire, in the 1st Century AD, Psoriasis was described by famous encyclopedist A. Cornelius Celsus as “Impetigo” (meaning: impetigo that appears on the skin of the nails and extremities). Even though Galen, a Greek physician is considered to have been the first to have coined the […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Single-cell signaling responses are now measurable, but their interpretation is still restricted. Interpretation of dose-response based on single-cell data is also not accurately predictable. Here, probabilistic modeling and information-theory have been used to inaugurate fractional response analysis (FRA). This technique quantifies changes in the fraction of cells with provided response […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata As quoted by Gilda Radner, “Motherhood is the biggest gamble in the world. It is the glorious life force. It’s huge scary-it’s an act of infinite optimism”. Several factors come into play while dealing with pregnancy. The health of the mother and the baby-to-be is taken care of where the […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University, Kolkata Osteosarcoma is a rare malignant bone tumour found in adults and children. It is characterized by early lung metastasis and poor prognosis that seriously the physical and mental health of patients. Chemotherapy and surgery include the main clinical treatment however, recurrence of metastasis remains the poor prognosis. Advances in the […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Since its emergence, COVID-19 has been constantly challenging the medical health system across the globe. COVID-19 infection is primarily accompanied by the aggressive inflammatory response with the release of excessive amounts of pro-inflammatory cytokines which are called ‘Cytokine Storm’. The immune response of the host to SARS-CoV-2 virus is extremely […]
Subhangi Das, Bankura Sammilani College With the phototherapic development which is also a type of light-induced treatment of cancer, several biomaterials are newly designed as photo-absorbing /sensitizing agents or effecting carriers to enhance the therapeutic efficacy and effective nature of phototherapy. Recently, the immune system responses produced by phototherapy. Which have been explored widely and […]
Arjama Roy, Amity University Kolkata. Periodontitis is generally termed as gum disease. It is a chronic inflammatory disease that damages gums and might destroy the jawbone. This can result in extensive tooth loss in severe cases and can impact the systemic well-being of the person. Earlier, it had been known that the activation of pro-inflammatory […]
