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So far we have understood how important viruses are. Does this mean we forget the damage a virus can cause? What should we conclude about viruses? … Continue readingHOW VIRUSES CHANGED US – A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE
One of the largest industries of the world faces a problem in disguise that surfaces when there is no way back. Team iGEM IISER Kolkata proposes a possible solution. Can this be the much-needed saviour? … Continue readingnaMOOste!
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. The initial aggregates of the alpha-synuclein are known as oligomers are responsible for spreading the disease in the brain. An endogenous helical antimicrobial peptide, which is naturally attached to the alpha-synuclein, called LL-37 can be the key to the solution of Parkinson’s disease. … Continue readingNaturally found LL-37 : A Savior
All of us appreciate the masterpiece of Mona Lisa. However, the famous smile of Mona Lisa has a lot of underlying secrets. What are they? Is she really happy? Or is there a medical secret behind the smile? Read on to unveil some of these secrets. … Continue readingMona Lisa’s Diagnosis
Recently, the news channels and social media platforms have been going on trending with the advent of a so-called, “new epidemic” in the middle of the CoViD-19 pandemic. It is supposedly a deadly infection caused by black and white fungi. But what really is a “black fungus” and a “white fungus” and what causes them to infect a patient? Is it deadlier than CoViD19? What do we know about it, who should worry and what is the treatment? Find an answer to all these questions in the blog. … Continue readingStory of The Black and White Devils – Mucormycosis
2020 has seen perhaps one of the worst pandemic outbreaks in the history of the civilisation. One might cite the
The Problem The human genome contains approximately 3 billion nucleotide base pairs and every time a human cell divides, it
Continue readingPeto’s Paradox – An Answer to Cancer Therapy?
Merely six months after identifying SARS-CoV-2 as the causative agent for COVID-19, researchers are on the verge of developing a
The novel SARS-CoV-2, that was first reported in Wuhan back in December 2019, has triggered an unprecedented human toll along
We are part of an ecosystem where each one of us is intricately connected. It is of no surprise that
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