Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Type 2 diabetes is an impairment known to hamper the body’s ability to regulate and utilize sugar (glucose) as fuel. It is a chronic disease in which there is too much sugar in the blood. Type 2 diabetes can eventually lead to cardiovascular, neurological, and immune system problems. A prominent cause […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is celebrated on June 19 every year to heighten awareness about the genetic disorder Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). The disease is naturally found in people from all over Africa, Southern America, Central America, Saudi Arabia, India, Northern Turkey, and in a few pockets of Italy. […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata The history of blood donation goes back further than you would possibly expect. World Blood Donor Day (commonly abbreviated as WBDD) is celebrated on the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, who was born on 14 June 1868. He was awarded the honor in 1930 for his discovery of the ABO […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata Stem cells possess two fundamental properties: diving repeatedly to make copies of themselves and differentiating to give other types of cells in the body. They can be divided into— human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) which are pluripotent and can give rise to every cell type in the fully formed body tissue-specific […]
