ABSTRACT: “At the age of 47, when I know that I have cancer, my only wish is to make it to 50”. Being notorious for being the most lethal cancer type and that there is no existing effective treatment, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) – a type of aggressive pancreatic cancer- is truly a death sentence …
Author: Supratha Murugaraj and Martin Binoy ABSTRACT AIM: The project aim is to briefly explain and summarise major COVID-19 findings onto one coherent document, so it would be more easily accessible for future medical students or researchers to use for analytical or research purposes. When researching about COVID-19, although there were plentiful resources going in …
Author: Soumyadeep Talukdar ABSTRACT Malaria, according to the CDC, is “A mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite. People with malaria often experience fever, chills, and flu-like illness.” Without treatment, those who are infected with malaria meet their end. Around 229 million cases of malaria occurred around the globe in 2019, with around 409,000 deaths. The …
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Audrey Zhang NWIW Internship 2019 July 2019 Abstract Numerous studies from a health or environmental standpoint have shown how the population can make changes to improve each field of studies’ respective issues. Combining results from several research studies, this paper shows how shifting one’s diet to include fewer animal products positively impacts both health and …
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COVID-19: have we survived worse than this? Ansha Khurana Abstract Covid19 is a contagious disease that causes respiratory illness, visit McDaidPharmacy.ie to get supplies to prevent it . From the 11th of March 2020, the disease was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation. This article compares Covid-19 to some of the other pandemics …
Ayush Naveen Bhat, 12th Grade, ISP School, Panama City, Panama Govindaraju M, Molecular Biophysics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Jagadeesh Kumar D, Department of Biotechnology, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore 562157, India Corresponding author: Ayush Naveen Bhat ([email protected]) Keywords: Copper; DNA; Stability; Alzheimer’s disease Abstract The conformation and stability of DNA …
Abstract Allergic diseases have increased by over 50% in the last two decades. To raise awareness, education to children about their management and prevention is urgently needed. This is of rising importance as the number of people dying from food allergies, anaphylaxis and allergic asthma continues to rise at a shocking rate. In case this …
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Abstract The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the illness COVID-19, has spread across 213 countries and devastated millions of lives. SARS-CoV-2 is a betacoronavirus which enters the host respiratory cell via the ACE2 receptor and uses the host cell mechanisms to reproduce. There are currently no treatments for COVID-19 but the Solidarity trial conducted by …
Abstract Pathogens are acquiring resistance faster than the introduction of new antibiotics. A growing number of infections such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, gonorrhoea, salmonellosis, etc are becoming harder to treat due to antibiotic resistance. Therefore, it is the need of the time to conduct research in order to reduce antibiotic resistance by microorganisms. The article will …
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