Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Excessive inflammation and disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier result in lung edema and decreased gas exchange in acute lung injury (ALI), a frequent consequence of sepsis. ALI continues to be a major cause of morbidity and death in critically sick patients, emphasizing the need for new treatment approaches. Due to […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Out of all the vaccine-making companies, Bharat Biotech is the only one to locally develop a vaccine in India and result in large-scale manufacturing. The manufacturing of Covaxin had been started at Ankleshwar, Gujarat before which equipment efficacy was studied by carrying out engineering batches. After a 120-day timeline for manufacturing, testing, release, regulatory […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College Background A new analysis conducted by Brummer, J., et al., published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs claims that children of alcoholic parents are at an increased risk of a variety of negative experiences, including mental health issues, hospitalizations, and criminal conduct. According to the authors, there […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Many cancer patients are responsive to chemotherapy at the initial stages of treatment. Although, during treatment, they may develop resistance which makes cancer difficult to diagnose. This is of huge clinical concern in such sensitive treatments as it can later convert into huge barricades in patient’s lives. In clinical cancer treatment, […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Nerve agents, also known as nerve gases, belong to a class of organic chemicals that interrupts the nerves from transferring messages to organs. This interruption takes place due to the blocking of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. So basically nerve agents are AChE […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Oncological sciences have moved far in terms of research and development, leading to many novel therapies currently in use. Despite research on tumors and their causes, cancer remains the leading cause of death worldwide. The most popular approach to cancer treatment has been chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These approaches are not […]
Shreyas bhat , DY Patil School of biotechnology and bioinformatics What is sleep apnea? Sleep apnea is a sleep disorder in which frequent on and off events of breathing take place repeatedly. If you snore loudly and feel tired even after sleeping for more than 8hrs, you might have sleep apnea. The major types of […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Drug abuse is the addictive overuse of medical drugs for nonmedical purposes and is a global menace today. Cannabis, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and opioids are common drugs of abuse. Captain Cody – a street name for codeine, is one of the biggest causes of opioid addiction […]
Aparna Pandey, IILM College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida Introduction:- Pain is an agonizing tenderness (feeling) that tells that something may be wrong happens in our body. Pain is a kind of symptom. Pain can be of any type like itching, aching, pinching. It can be a mild headache, stomach ache, etc. Pain can […]
Saptaparna Pal, Amity University Kolkata The Union Health Ministry’s Directorate General of Health Sciences (DGHS) has proposed revised Covid-19 guidelines and removed all medicines except antipyretic (fever) and antitussive (cold) for mild and asymptomatic cases. The revised Covid-19 guidelines issued on 27 May 2021 dropped all medicines that the doctors have been prescribing even to […]
