Career Panels – Degrees of Success
This article is a part of the reportage of an event - Degrees of Success. There were two career panels conducted. They had eminent speakers discussing their career paths, South Asian culture, gender and childhood.
Activities – Degrees of Success
This article is a part of the reportage of an event - Degrees of Success. The event hosted four engaging workshops for children.
Degrees of Success
Degrees of Success (DoS) is an initiative that hopes to introduce girls aged 9 to 16 to women scientists from South Asia. The event has a week full of fun-filled activities and discussions on how to succeed in STEMM.
My hands are shaking, do I have Parkinson’s disease?
In this article, we shall understand a little bit more about Parkinson’s disease –– what kind of neurons get degenerated i.e., damaged and lost, what kind of symptoms characterize the disease, and the existing treatment.
The Impossible Knots: Aggregates of Misfolded Proteins
Proteins synthesized in a cell have a specific structure and function. When the function of the protein has been carried out, the protein is degraded by different mechanisms in the cell. Misfolded and unfolded proteins are also degraded by these mechanisms. But a failure in these mechanisms in neurons can cause misfolded proteins to accumulate. When these misfolded proteins aggregate beyond a certain limit, they can form inclusion bodies — something like multiple knots in a wire — and can cause neurodegeneration.
Broken Wires: On Neurodegeneration
The term neurodegeneration comes from two words: neurons, meaning nerve cells, and degeneration, meaning deterioration or collapse.
Brain, the Wonder Organ
An intricate network of over a hundred billion wires running across the control unit sending messages at about 100 metres per second. That’s the human brain!
Know Hows of Neurodegeneration
Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide. What are neurodegenerative diseases? Which part of the body is affected? What kind of cells are damaged? How are they caused? Get a glimpse of the answers to these questions in this short series.
A Plausible Model for Managing Cardiovascular Diseases
Prof Gundu Rao talks to us about how WHO worked across Europe to work around the increased number of deaths due to Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)s. Let's see what he has…
… Comments on the Role of Preventive Cardiology
With the increasing number of cases being reported for heart diseases in India, do you think preventive healthcare holds a significant impact on people? Increase in the incidence of heart…