Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Consuming salt or adding salt to a meal seems normal to everyone, right? But no, don’t add that extra pinch of salt! We already know that salt can raise blood pressure, but did you know that too much salt can severely disrupt the energy balance in immune cells which […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Liver fibrosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among human beings. The unavailability of proper antifibrotic therapy makes the disease more deadly and the patients more vulnerable. RLX ( peptide hormone human relaxin-2), acting through a G protein-coupled receptor relaxin peptide receptor 1 (RXFP1), promotes tissue […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Hematopoietic stem cell differentiation to erythroid cells occurs within the bone marrow and the process of mature RBC formation is known as erythropoiesis. This process mainly depends on specific cell interactions within the bone marrow. Erythroid differentiation in the bone marrow occurs on erythroblast islands. CD14+ monocyte-derived macrophages […]
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 […]
Shrestha Sherry Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata. Cells have employed various ways to travel in the biological system. Somatic cells in our body adhere to cell surfaces for their movement. On the other hand, sperm cells and some bacteria move by the means of flagella. White blood cells are the specialized cells of the immune system. […]
