NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY: BioInspired Devices and Materials of the Future:               A Review article published in/ Source:/jbsr.org/pdf/pdf-19.pdf                                   Dr.  HARI MURALEEDHARAN                                         Senior Scientific Officer               SHRI AMM MURUGAPPA CHETTIAR RESEARCH CENTRE,                                            TARAMANI,CHENNAI-113 … Read entire article »

When it comes to overweight and obesity, we’ve surely heard all of the causes and culprits under the sun.  It utilized to be that the trigger was merely overeating and the blame was placed upon an obese person’s lack of control over his or her consuming.  Then, the blame was placed upon the omnipresence of the almighty idiot box–the television–and even the snack and fast food industries, which brainwash young children and adults to eat their obscenely high-calorie and fat-filled foods. And do not forget genes–which appears to be the source of every disease these days. Genetically predisposed is a catchphrase for a lot of of late.  Properly, guess what the hot topic trigger of obesity is since January! An obesity-causing virus. Yes, I could not have made it up: Dr … Read entire article »

Beneficiaries of face transplant Individuals with faces disfigured by trauma, burns, illness, or birth defects may benefit from the process. The alternative to a face transplant is to move the patient’s own skin from their back, buttocks or thighs to their face in a series of as numerous as 50 operations to regain even limited function and a face that is usually likened to a mask or a living quilt. Dr. L. Scott Levin, chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Duke University Medical Center, has described the process as “the single most critical area of reconstructive analysis.” History Self as donor (face replant) The world’s very first full-face replant operation was on nine year-old Sandeep Kaur, whose face was ripped off when her hair was caught in a thresher. Sandeep’s mother … Read entire article »

There are few places that present all of the amenities and necessities to university life than La Jolla, California. Its beautiful surroundings and inexpensive student rates, provide for a wonderful university experience. So what schools are in La Jolla? First and probably foremost, there’s the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Founded in 1960, UCSD is 1 of the 10 University of California campuses. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which predated UCSD, is now a part of the university, and is a designated sea and space grant institutionmeaning a lot of research takes place there. the Salk Institute, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, and The Scripps Analysis Institute are affiliated with other regional analysis centers and UCSD runs the UC San Diego Medical Center. Faculty members of UCSD who consist of … Read entire article »