Medical Research

Lymph nodes are small bean-shaped organs that create and store blood cells as well as filter lymph fluid, assisting in the removal of waste and harmful bacteria from the body. They include essential immune cells that combat infection. The body contains approximately 600 lymph nodes. Lymph vessels, or little tubes, …

What is Paraneoplastic Syndrome Lung Cancer? Paraneoplastic syndrome refers to the signs and symptoms that occur in individuals who have a cancerous tumour. The paraneoplastic syndrome occurs in 20% of people with cancer. The most common cancers with which paraneoplastic syndrome occurs are breast cancer, lung cancer, kidney cancer, ovarian …

Chronic medial heel pain may be a common complaint in running-based athletes. In most cases, the source of pain is possibly plantar fasciitis. However, another potential source of pain is the first branch of the lateral plantar nerve, referred to as Baxter’s nerve. Often, Baxter nerve neuropathy can coexist with …

Cerclage wiring is a very simple technique that has been widely used since the advent of the surgical treatment of fractures. Different researches have shown the use of various cerclage technologies with a wide range of promising results. The growing number of periprosthetic fractures has led to a resurgence of …

As is often the case, history has left us with ingrained and confusing terminologies. The same is the case with Steinmann pins. Steinmann pins are the pins of the larger-diameter and are utilized in veterinary medicine. These pins were invented by a Swiss surgeon named Fritz Steinmann (1872–1932). He is …

The global COVID-19 pandemic has claimed to this date around 639,317 lives and infected 15,745,102 around the globe and it is still in the process of spreading its horror among people. The world is in the need of a vaccine to fight this devil. Therefore, the Pfizer and BioNTech have …

The coronavirus pandemic has recently hit its 21 million marks. This ongoing pandemic has taken around seven hundred thousand lives. Search to find the vaccine to fight this pandemic has been ongoing since the day WHO declared it to the Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Among all this, various …

Cansino coronavirus vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) is a viral vector vaccine that utilizes the Adenovirus. This Adenovirus is a Human adenovirus type-5 virus that is a common cold virus. The virus is genetically modified to make it non-virulent and replication-deficient. The Ad5-nCoV is developed by the Cansino Biologics incorporation which has collaborated …

On 11thJanuary 2020, a team of the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford started to make a vaccine for the COVID-19. They developed a recombinant viral vector vaccine. The vaccine developed was previously known as the Oxford Coronavirus vaccine (ChAdOx1) is now given name AZD1222 which is an adenovirus …

The coronavirus pandemic has created dread around the globe. It has affected around 22 million individuals all over the world. The search for the vaccine is being carried out by researchers and scientists around the world. Among all this, Moderna, a biotechnology company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has developed a vaccine …