Viruses: Not Just Villains
04 Aug 2023 under Features
Despite being portrayed largely as killers, these microscopic forms have beneficial roles too Almost a decade before the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged, a 2011 movie called Contagion explored the idea of what would happen to the world if a highly contagious virus transmitted by respiratory droplets and fomites spread quickly and killed thousands of people. […]
Tracking somatostatin for early diabetes detection
30 Jun 2023 under Focus
Patients with diabetes have high blood glucose levels either because their pancreas does not produce sufficient insulin, or their body cells do not respond to signals from insulin that tell them to use up glucose. Current treatments, therefore, rely on supplying insulin bolus to such patients. However, recent studies have shown that fluctuations in the […]