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How NASA keeps astronauts healthy

Since the ISS is a closed environment, astronauts are at risk of developing illnesses that could spread rapidly throughout the crew.

An Ode to Parasites: How infections made us who we are today…

It doesn’t make sense that organisms that our body fights tooth and nail to keep out, could be the very architects of our genome.

Role of genetics in infectious diseases spread, genetical evolution

Host and pathogen genetic variations play a crucial role in spreading infectious diseases.

What You Eat Matters: Nutrition and Infectious Diseases

Nutritionally compromised individuals may suffer from anorexia, decreased intestinal absorption & metabolic rate.

The consequences of long-COVID and post-COVID

Ever since the emergence of COVID-19, it has caused the ripples of research in biomedical sciences, pathology, virology, genetics, pharmacology and drug designing.

Is genetic engineering the holy grail to cure infectious diseases?

Employing genetic engineering for the treatment of infectious diseases means introducing specific genes that discretely inhibit or block the functions of target genes.

Painful, and potentially disfiguring, cutaneous leishmaniasis is a growing threat in Pakistan

Doctors say climate change, urbanisation and migration patterns, as well as inadequate sanitation, are driving the spread of the sandfly-borne parasitic skin ailment.

Successful cure for HIV with Stem Cell Transplantation

Stem cell transplantation is considered the most promising treatment for HIV.

Chronic diseases: An interplay of infections and our genome

Chronic and especially cardiometabolic diseases are the culmination of multiple risk factors ranging from genetic predispositions and sedentary lifestyles to stress.

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