Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable, communicable disease caused by hepatitis A virus mainly associated with liver infection. It is generally spread through contaminated food and water mostly when handled by the infectious person. Symptoms vary from minimal illness to severe sickness leading to hospitalization which might endure for several months. […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study carried out at Houston Methodist Hospital and UT Austin involving around 5000 COVID-19 patients found that genetic mutations are getting accumulated in the causative virus which is making it more contagious. Located in the spike protein, the mutation is called D614G according to the peer-reviewed journal Ambio. Random genetic […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Down syndrome (DS), also known as trisomy 21 is the most persistent aneuploidy characterized by a genetic disorder caused due to the triplication of the 21st human chromosome. This syndrome is particularly associated with the development of congenital heart disease, sleep apnoea, obesity, diabetes, premature ageing, and higher sensitivity to […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Leukemia is a malignancy of blood cells that starts to develop when the DNA of a single cell in the bone marrow mutates and fails to develop and function properly. These leukemia cells crowd out normal blood cells, making it difficult for the normal cells to do their job. Chronic […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata As the world is waiting anxiously for a powerful and effective vaccine against covid-19, researchers are also trying to identify how coronavirus attacks the body to stop its devastating impact. One such possible way has been discovered in a recent study by researchers of John Hopkins University. This can be done […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Many a time, a heart transplant is the only hope of survival for patients with any cardiac problems when every other surgery fails. For this, they have to wait for too long. Cardiac xenotransplantation has been a target of scientists globally for years, and in one year, pig hearts might […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA A huge part of the population worldwide has been affected due to the deadly attack of the COVID19. As per close observations and studies, it is noted that the disease becomes fatal for few and mild for others. The spread of COVID-19 is a paradox of what causes the virus […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The alarming hypothesis that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to be around for several years calls for rapid and successful therapies. Though anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike monoclonal antibodies originated from mice have shown robust performance in various immunoassays including western blotting, ELISA, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation, there is still a […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Childbirth is often regarded as a life-changing event, one that is of great concern to the mother and child involved. Sometimes, this phenomenon becomes rather disheartening. It has been observed quite often that due to various unforeseen fatal complexities, these manifest into a disastrous outcome such as when the mother […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Breast cancer has become one of the common diseases affecting both men and women worldwide, though most common in women as of yet. There are multifactorial reasons for the formation of breast cancer, depending on the type of breast cancer. A common trait observed in all cancer patients is an […]
