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Virology: Interactions between Viruses and the Immune System
Jan 11, 20247 min read
BiologyMedicine
Virology: Interactions between Viruses and the Immune System
By Anahita Chauhan & Janhavi Balaji Abstract This article will discuss the connection between viruses and the immune system and how this affects the body. T...
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Rhesus Disease
Jun 28, 20232 min read
Medicine
Rhesus Disease
By Nethra Vijayanand Rhesus disease, also known as hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), is a condition that affects some newborn babies. It occurs when a m...
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All about PTSD: Understanding the Brain’s response to Trauma
May 24, 20234 min read
Medicine
All about PTSD: Understanding the Brain’s response to Trauma
By Dikshitha Ram Posttraumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD is a mental health condition that is a result of horrifying, tormenting and traumatic events that are eit...
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Flea! Else, you Mite Tick off the Lice
May 24, 20234 min read
Veterinarian
Flea! Else, you Mite Tick off the Lice
By Anirudh Narendra Nath When you see the word ‘parasite’, what comes to mind? A slimy writhing leech, greedily sucking blood? Multi-legged critters scratchi...
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From theory to reality: T-cells show promising results in the fight against Alzheimer’s
May 24, 20235 min read
BiologyMedicine
From theory to reality: T-cells show promising results in the fight against Alzheimer’s
By Arya Jayasree Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects millions of people worldwide, and is also known as the leading cau...
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Should all healthcare be free?
May 24, 20239 min read
Medicine
Should all healthcare be free?
By Rohan Uppal ‘Healthcare’ is defined as the services provided by an organisation or a country that involve caring for people's health and treating people ...
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CAR-T Cell Therapy
May 21, 20235 min read
BiologyMedicine
CAR-T Cell Therapy
By Angel Maria Siji, 22nd May 2023 BRIEF HISTORY At the mere age of six years old, Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, now clai...
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Infectious Diseases when Travelling Abroad
Mar 16, 20237 min read
MedicineWorld
Infectious Diseases when Travelling Abroad
By Agnes & Aarini, 30th November, 2022 ABSTRACT When we travel, we step outside of our comfort zones and are motivated to explore, taste, and experience new ...
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Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma - A deadly cancer
Feb 27, 20234 min read
Medicine
Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma - A deadly cancer
Medvet club X Neuroscience and Neurotechnology club We always hope for the best for children and think nothing bad could happen to them. At worst we expect a ...
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Rabid, Ravenous, Ruthless Rabies
Jan 30, 20236 min read
MedicineVeterinarian
Rabid, Ravenous, Ruthless Rabies
By Anirudh Raghupathy Narendra Nath, Head of Veterinary While on a pleasant walk outside, you see a rather cute-looking stray dog lying down on the roadside. ...
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Veterinary Instruments and What They Do
Jan 18, 20236 min read
VeterinarianBio-Tech
Veterinary Instruments and What They Do
Narendra Nath What would you expect to find in a clinic? What instruments can you expect to see? Where can you find these instruments? What do they do? In t...
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The Life of a Drug: Clinical Trials and their Importance
Jan 10, 20234 min read
MedicineWorld
The Life of a Drug: Clinical Trials and their Importance
By Angel Maria Siji, 11th December, 2022 Source: “Drug Testing.” PHARMA & BIOPHARMA , Bruker , 26 Jan. 2021, www.bruker.com/en/applications/pharma/counterfe...
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AIDS: Living with HIV
Jan 4, 20235 min read
Medicine
AIDS: Living with HIV
1. “A Person Holding Red Ribbon Associated with Supporting People with Chronic AIDS .” 10 Facts About HIV/AIDS Everyone Should Know, Charlotte Libov and Becky U...
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Do-not-resuscitate order
Dec 17, 20226 min read
World
Do-not-resuscitate order
Nethra Vijayanand IB Y1 B 16th December 2022 What is a DNR? A DNR order stands for do-not-resuscitate order and it is a medical order written by a doctor. It ...
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Genetic Diseases in Dogs - The Good, The Bad, and The Pugly
Dec 5, 20225 min read
BiologyMedicineVeterinarian
Genetic Diseases in Dogs - The Good, The Bad, and The Pugly
By Anirudh NarendraNath Out of the many animals mankind has been domesticating and rearing, few have seen as much change as the dog. ‘Man’s Best Friend’ has exp...
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Homeopathic Medicines: A placebo effect
Nov 26, 20225 min read
Medicine
Homeopathic Medicines: A placebo effect
Homeopathy, often referred to as homeopathic medicine, is defined as a medical system that follows the belief that the body can cure itself. It’s often said to ...
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Down Syndrome
Nov 25, 20224 min read
Medicine
Down Syndrome
Nethra Vijayanand IB Y1 B 26th November 2022 An intro to Down Syndrome: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that is present in approximately 3,000 to 5,000 ba...
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The Use of Acellular Fish Skins as Xenografts
Nov 15, 20227 min read
Biology
The Use of Acellular Fish Skins as Xenografts
ABSTRACT Every year, numerous people suffer and often succumb to the extreme pains of burn injuries. In the United States alone, approximately 450,000 individua...
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The Incredible Artificial Lifeline BiVACOR
Nov 9, 20226 min read
Bio-Tech
The Incredible Artificial Lifeline BiVACOR
Siddhi Jain Med-Vet Club Blog Article 10th November 2022 Waiting for a heart transplant takes a long time, ranging from a few months to even over a year. A fe...
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Breast Cancer: A Call for Awareness
Oct 25, 20225 min read
MedicineWorld
Breast Cancer: A Call for Awareness
Angel Maria Siji Med-Vet Club Blog Article 16th October 2022 Known as the most common cancer diagnosed in women, breast cancer accounts for more than 1 in 10...
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Fireworks and Fauna: Friends or foes?
Oct 21, 20224 min read
Veterinarian
Fireworks and Fauna: Friends or foes?
It’s Diwali! Delectable sweets are gifted in beautifully wrapped boxes, songs and dance are heard and seen everywhere, and the cheerful glow of diyas brighten...
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A Look at Singapore's Healthcare System
May 24, 202211 min read
MedicineWorld
A Look at Singapore's Healthcare System
by Max Dakara Singapore has been successful in developing an effective healthcare system in the span of a slightly over 50 years and as a result, gained univers...
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Clock Gene Mutation Contributes to The Development of Autism
Apr 5, 20224 min read
Biology
Clock Gene Mutation Contributes to The Development of Autism
by Rituparna Mishra Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder which is characterized by challenges with social interaction, behavioral patterns, speech and co...
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Fibromyalgia Has Potential Links To Immune System Disorder
Mar 22, 20226 min read
BiologyMedicineWorld
Fibromyalgia Has Potential Links To Immune System Disorder
by Anushri Bhattacharya The disease associated with abnormal processing of pain perception in humans, also known as Fibromyalgia is not such a rare dise...
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Chimeric Antigen Receptor - T Cell (CAR-T) Therapy: The Potential Future of Cancer Treatment
Mar 6, 20228 min read
BiologyMedicine
Chimeric Antigen Receptor - T Cell (CAR-T) Therapy: The Potential Future of Cancer Treatment
by Max Dakara As breakthroughs in medicine are made over the decades, a greater quality of life can be brought about for those who suffer from potentially l...
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Microglial Metabolic Flexibility: Emerging Roles For Lactate
Feb 8, 20225 min read
Biology
Microglial Metabolic Flexibility: Emerging Roles For Lactate
by Rituparna Mishra Microglia are macrophage-like cells, which can be considered as immune sentinels that can send out a potent inflammatory response. Found in...
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Could Parkinson’s Disease Be Possibly Linked to the SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
Jan 25, 20225 min read
Medicine
Could Parkinson’s Disease Be Possibly Linked to the SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
by Anushri Bhattacharya Parkinson’s Disease (PD), which is the second most widely prevalent progressive neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, affects ar...
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A Blood Test for the Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Medicine
A Blood Test for the Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
by Max Dakara Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a disease which eventually leads to a loss of memory — commonly known as dementia — and is attributed to be the le...
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Fluid Resuscitation Used As Therapy For Traumatic Brain Injury
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Medicine
Fluid Resuscitation Used As Therapy For Traumatic Brain Injury
by Anushri Bhattacharya Traumatic brain injury (TBI ) is one of the most common public health problems, around 10% of global burden of disease, which is usual...
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Targeting LRG1 Boosts Immunotherapy
Dec 14, 20214 min read
Medicine
Targeting LRG1 Boosts Immunotherapy
by Rituparna Mishra Cancer is a disease where a malignant tumour is formed due to cells dividing uncontrollably and it is capable of affecting other body part...
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Anti-CGRP Drugs Used to Treat Migraines
Nov 30, 20215 min read
Medicine
Anti-CGRP Drugs Used to Treat Migraines
by Max Dakara Migraines affect roughly 1 billion people worldwide with women being shown to suffer more migraines compared to men while before puberty, boys s...
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A New Blindness Gene Uncovered in a Canine Study - Mutation in The IFT122 Gene in Blind Dogs
Nov 19, 20215 min read
BiologyVeterinarian
A New Blindness Gene Uncovered in a Canine Study - Mutation in The IFT122 Gene in Blind Dogs
by Anushri Bhattacharya Inherited retinal dystrophy- Retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which is a degenerative disease of the retina, could be a common explanation...
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A Revolutionary Tool That Reduces the Risk of Death From Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Babies
Oct 22, 20214 min read
BiologyMedicineBio-Tech
A Revolutionary Tool That Reduces the Risk of Death From Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Babies
by Sruthy Sreekanth Premature babies are generally very highly susceptible to lung infection/ lung disease because their lungs are not fully developed and canno...
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An Alternative to the Horseshoe Crab’s Blue Blood for Bacterial Contaminant Testing
Oct 8, 20214 min read
Medicine
An Alternative to the Horseshoe Crab’s Blue Blood for Bacterial Contaminant Testing
by Max Dakara The ongoing pandemic has led to vaccines becoming a prominent topic of discussion for the last year or so, with the rush towards the vaccine in 20...
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Human and Veterinary Regenerative Medicine
Jul 29, 20215 min read
BiologyMedicineVeterinarianBio-Tech
Human and Veterinary Regenerative Medicine
Written by: Sonakshi Mishra Regenerative Medicine has become the newfound holy grail for the treatment of many previously intractable diseases whose recalcitr...
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Cystic Fibrosis & treatment advancements
Jul 2, 20217 min read
MedicineWorld
Cystic Fibrosis & treatment advancements
Written by: Elkan Rodricks Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited genetic disease that targets the respiratory and digestive system, mainly the lungs and the pancreas...
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Cotard's syndrome
May 15, 20212 min read
Medicine
Cotard's syndrome
Written by: Sreejana Basu What is it? Cotard’s syndrome or the walking corpse syndrome is an extremely rare neuropsychiatric condition in which the affected pe...
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ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Apr 18, 20212 min read
Medicine
ZOONOTIC DISEASES
From Covid-19 to the Black Death, some of the world’s most significant pandemics are caused by zoonotic diseases, also known as zoonoses- infectious diseases t...
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The Effect of PTSD on the Brain
Apr 2, 20214 min read
Medicine
The Effect of PTSD on the Brain
~ Written by Divya Prashant What is PTSD? PTSD, also known as post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric disorder that is caused by experiencing a tra...
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Paraquat and Parkinson’s Disease
Mar 19, 20215 min read
Medicine
Paraquat and Parkinson’s Disease
~ Written by Mallika Mohanty With age comes a lot of perks; an inherent sense of wisdom, more time to spend on yourself and loved ones, and typically, if finan...
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Brain-computer interfaces bring hope for the paralysed
Mar 6, 20212 min read
MedicineBio-Tech
Brain-computer interfaces bring hope for the paralysed
~ Written by Purujit Bhat An array of 100 silicon micro-electrodes is implanted into the motor cortex of the brain to establish a ‘Bluetooth’ connection with...
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Is it possible to live a HIV free life?
Feb 19, 20212 min read
Medicine
Is it possible to live a HIV free life?
~ Written by Ekansh Rathore HIV, otherwise known as human immunodeficiency viruses are a type of viruses which have the ability to cause acquired immunodefi...
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Dexamethasone – A tentative panacea for Covid-19?
Feb 6, 20213 min read
Medicine
Dexamethasone – A tentative panacea for Covid-19?
~ Written by Sonakshi Mishra The world has been plagued with the Covid-19 pandemic for a year since its inception and this has spurred many new approaches to f...
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Intricacies of Open-heart surgery
Jan 22, 20214 min read
Medicine
Intricacies of Open-heart surgery
~ Written by Elkan Rodricks Open heart surgery, also known as traditional heart surgery is the type of surgery where the chest is cut open and the heart mu...
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Childhood cancer - Melanoma
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Medicine
Childhood cancer - Melanoma
~ Written by Sreejana Basu Cancer is primarily due to the unusual and abnormal, unstoppable division of cells in the body. The alarming disease once diagnose...
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THE RISE OF TELEMEDICINE
Dec 26, 20204 min read
Medicine
THE RISE OF TELEMEDICINE
~ Written by Prachur Khandelwal In the modern world, technology's use has led to incredible advancements in multiple industries, including the medical sector...
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Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
Aug 7, 20205 min read
BiologyMedicine
Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
~ Written By Surabhi Iyer Mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT, sometimes called mitochondrial donation) is the replacement of mitochondria in one or more cel...
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The Rage Syndrome - Why your dog might be "broken"
Aug 7, 20204 min read
MedicineVeterinarian
The Rage Syndrome - Why your dog might be "broken"
~ Written by Apurva Joshi I am sure a majority of people have come across posts on Instagram talking about how their “dogs are broken” when they show sudden ang...
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The Origin of Life and the "apparent" violation of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Jul 31, 20205 min read
World
The Origin of Life and the "apparent" violation of the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
- Written by Aatmananda Nayak Oftentimes, when discussing where life, as we know it, may have originated, the idea that the first repeating biological molecu...
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Why is Chocolate Poisonous to Dogs?
Jul 31, 20202 min read
Veterinarian
Why is Chocolate Poisonous to Dogs?
- Written by Bhagyashree Rambabu Why can’t dogs eat the delicious goodness, that we all love and know, as chocolate? Chocolate is primarily made of cocoa tha...
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De-Extinction - Back from the Dead
Jun 11, 20204 min read
World
De-Extinction - Back from the Dead
~ By Aarushi Mundra If you have ever been fascinated by thecreatures in the movies 'Jurassic Park' or 'Ice Age', you would be excited to know that the rev...
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Intriguing Questions in Evolutionary Biology - Part 1
Jun 11, 20206 min read
Biology
Intriguing Questions in Evolutionary Biology - Part 1
~ By Raiyaan Bhombal In 1973, the noted geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky penned the bold statement in his essay: “Nothing in Biology makes sense except in t...
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Lessons to learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic
May 23, 20204 min read
MedicineWorld
Lessons to learn from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Written by Sobita Bharthi It is clear that the recent corona virus outbreak, also known as the COVID-19 pandemic, has caused the destruction of millions of li...
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To Die of a Broken Heart
May 23, 20205 min read
Medicine
To Die of a Broken Heart
Written by Nicole Bout Have you ever heard of the phrase “to die of a broken heart”? While many wonder if it's true, doctors use this phrase while referring t...
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