ISSN: 2456-7264 | Issue – 28 | Published On 27/03/2024 |
Microbes comprise the overwhelming majority of life forms and are the most important organisms on Earth. It is stated that microbes run the world. Every process in the biosphere is touched by the microbes to transform the world around them. Most microorganisms live in communities or groups of more than
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Malaria has plagued humanity since antiquity. Today, it may sound surprising to recall that right until the late nineteenth century, malaria was believed to be a malady caused by foul odorous air or “miasmas” emanating from polluted water bodies, swamps or marsh lands. It was the French military surgeon and
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse changes. The highly dangerous source of pollution of the environment of the present day is electronic waste (e-waste), originating from electrical and electronic equipment. Our society has the most crucial role to play to combat this menace
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The readers might be aware of Yayati, the Puranic king and son of King Nahusha and his wife Ashokasundari, daughter of Lord Shiva and Parvati, who was one of the ancestors of Pandavas. As the story goes, Yayati swapped his old age with his youngest son, Puru and remained young
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“There is no stupid question, it is better to be stupid once in life rather remaining throughout” Though we all know DNA structure is a right handed double helix, many of us will not be able to differentiate correctly a right handed double helix from a left handed one. There are
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A world without bacteria and other microbes wouldn’t support life as we know it. We and other animals would not be able to digest food without the microscopic creatures, which live in our gut microbiomes. Each of us hosts some 40 trillion bacteria in our own personal biomes - some suggest
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A healthy life is dream for all and a universal goal. Infection is inconvenient; it affects our lifestyle, disrupts the equality of life and shortens the life. Sulfur mustard (Cl-CH2CH2)2S is one of the cytotoxic organic compounds. It is a bifunctional alkyl ting agent which is also called as a Mustard gas
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Introduction: It is a malignant tumour of nasopharynx; squamous cell variety is the commonest. This is common in yellow races, but incidence in India is also quite high. It commonly occurs in elderly persons between 50-60 years of age. In Afro-Asian countries incidence below 30 years of age is rather
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Prologue I had an opportunity to listen to a talk delivered by the Padma Bhusan P. Balram, IISc Bangalore, India on one of the foundation day lectures of Institute of Advanced Studies in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, India. The talk had covered proteinaceous toxins (prTs) produced by animals. Interestingly many
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A hospital-acquired infection (HAI), also known as a nosocomial infection, is an infection that is acquired in a hospital or other health care facility. An infection is considered nosocomial if it develops in a patient who has been hospitalized for 48 to 72 hours and the same infection was not
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