INTRODUCTION: Sleeping sickness or Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) is known to be a “neglected tropical disease”, caused by a protozoan parasite which belongs to the genus of Trypanosoma and transmitted by the bite of the blood sucking vector “tsetse fly” belonging to the genus Glossina. This parasite causes infection and is known to endanger many […]
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3D Organ Printing
INTRODUCTION: Organ printing is one of the latest advancements in the medicinal field for transplantation using engineering technology. During transplantation, graft rejection is one of the major concerns due to the recipient’s immune response to the donor organ [1]. Thus, the tissue engineering approach for bioprinting helped to overcome this challenge. It can be more […]
“EFFECTS OF VITAMIN-D ON COVID-19”
VITAMIN-D Vitamin-D is fat soluble steroid hormone which can be obtained from the sources such as yoghurt, liver, egg yolk, cereals, mushrooms, milk, etc. The Vitamin-D gets absorbed through the food source ingested in gastrointestinal tract and skin. Vitamin-D has the ability to form micelles when get bound to the fat cholesterol. VITAMIN-D PATHWAY: In […]
“CORONAVIRUS(SARS CoV2)”: STRUCTURE, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, IMMUNOPATHOLOGY.
Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, novel and contagious pneumonia, similar to SARS Coronavirus. Dawn of pandemic: The transmission of the virus to the humans were observed to the people of Wuhan, Hubei province In China. It is likely said to be originated from bats and eventually transmitted by unknown carriers to the […]
THALASSEMIA
One of the most common group of inherited genetic haemoglobin abnormalities leading to haematological disorders caused by the defects in the synthesis of haemoglobin chains. Lack of proper synthesis of globin chains results in impaired erythropoiesis and hemolysis. Based on the defects in the synthesis of different chains present in haemoglobin, thalassemia are of two […]
“COVID19 VACCINES”
Before knowing about how MODERNA, PFIZER/BIONTECH, ASTREZENCA vaccines were developed and their mechanism of action, first it’s important to known that what is the common procedure for developing a vaccine. 1. DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE: For developing a certain vaccine one company has to follow certain procedure and guidelines with a goal of developing a safe […]
COVAXIN Vaccine
COVAXIN is one of the covid -19 vaccines developed against Sars-Covid-19 by Bharat biotech in collaboration with ICMR- National Institute of Virology (NIV). COVAXIN is developed using inactivated whole virion (Virus). This virion do not replicate inside the body as this is a dead virus and incapable of causing disease. This inactivated whole virion present […]
Covishield Vaccine
Covishield (ChAdOx1 nCoV- 19 Corona Virus Vaccine) is one the vaccine developed against Covid-19 caused SARS-Cov-2, it is Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India by Serum Institute. It is a recombinant vaccine. Recombinant vaccine is produced using recombinant DNA technology, it involves insertion of DNA that codes for antigen stimulating immune response into a harmless viral/bacterial […]