Academic Articles & Research Papers

Isolation, characterisation and antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococcal isolates with special reference to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the anterior nares of healthcare workers in A tertiary healthcare centre

Background: Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and its resistant form methicillinresistant S. aureus (MRSA) is one of the most common nosocomial pathogens causing a wide range of infections in humans. The anterior nares are the main ecologic...

Real-World Evaluation of AI-Driven Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in Public Health Settings: Validation and Implementation Study

Abstract BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) algorithms offer an effective solution to alleviate the burden of diabetic retinopathy (DR) screening in public health settings. However, there are challenges in translating diagno...

Medical Informatics as a Concept and Field-Based Medical Informatics Research: The Case of Turkey

Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the position of Turkey in the field of Medical Informatics and assess the general structure of research by analyzing Medical Informatics research with bibliometric methods. Material and Methods: In this stu...

Whole genome resequencing data of four Indian mandarin genotypes: Extending our understanding of citrus genomics

Mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata Blanco) is the most common citrus fruit, covering nearly 42 % of the total citrus cultivation area in India. The main varieties of mandarin oranges cultivated in India include Nagpur Mandarin, Khasi Mandar...

Sex-specific frontal-striatal connectivity differences among adolescents with externalizing disorders

Background: Sex-specific neurobiological underpinnings of impulsivity in youth with externalizing disorders have not been well studied. The only report of functional connectivity (FC) findings in this area demonstrated sex differences in fr...

Demographic determinants of patient satisfaction in medical outpatient department of a tertiary care hospital in North India

Introduction: Patient satisfaction surveys are widely used in European countries to ensure high-quality healthcare through systematic feedback. India, through its National Health Mission, is now adopting this practice to measure satisfactio...

Prevalence of fear of hypoglycemia in adults with type 1 diabetes using a newly developed screener and clinician’s perspective on its implementation

Introduction Fear of hypoglycemia (FoH) affects quality of life, emotional well-being, and diabetes management among people with type 1 diabetes (PwT1D). American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) guidelines recommend assessing FoH in clinical p...

A systematic perspective on the applications of big data analytics in healthcare management

The exponential growth in the data collected in the form of electronic health records, registries, or wearable sensors has bought a big data revolution in the health industry. A large amount of information is required to be extracted from t...

Clinical Features and Pathogenesis of Noma: A Narrative Review Highlighting the Emerging Strategies for Prevention and Management

Noma, also known as cancrum oris, is a rapidly progressive gangrenous infection that affects the oral and facial tissues of malnourished children in impoverished regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease typically begins as a...

Is lower back pain a growing issue in Pakistani adult population?

Dear Editor, Low back pain (LBP) is not a disease itself, but it can be a sign of number of a number of conditions, such as pain near the midline, which can occasionally be localized sometimes, and occur between the inferior gluteal folds...

Healthcare management

People mainly migrate to Delhi for economic opportunities. Being the capital of India, Delhi generates enormous job opportunities for both skilled and unskilled workers. On the flip side, the residents live in unhealthy conditions and treme...

Network neuroscience

A brief review of Lynch syndrome: understanding the dual cancer risk between endometrial and colorectal cancer

Lynch syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes. These mutations result in frameshift alterations, leading to the accumulation of errors within microsatellites. Individua...

Concentration-dependent toxicity of iron oxide nanoparticles mediated by increased oxidative stress

Saba Naqvi1, Mohammad Samim2, MZ Abdin3, Farhan Jalees Ahmed4, AN Maitra5, CK Prashant6, Amit K Dinda61Faculty of Engineering and Interdisciplinary Sciences, 2Department of Chemistry, 3Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, 4Depar...

Computational Tools; Indispensable Armamentarium of Medical Biotechnology

Objective: Computational infrastructure of medical biotechnology provides insight into elements of genomics, proteomics for understanding diseases and biological systems in a more comprehensive and systematic way. The present study exclusiv...

Data supporting the angiotensin II activates MEL18 to deSUMOylate HSF2 for hypertension-related heart failure

In association with the published article “Inhibition of HSF2 SUMOylation via MEL18 upregulates IGF-IIR and leads to hypertension-induced cardiac hypertrophy” (Huang et al., 2017) [1], this data article contains information about deSUMOylat...

Deregulated miRNA clusters in ovarian cancer: Imperative implications in personalized medicine

Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most common and fatal types of gynecological cancer. OC is usually detected at the advanced stages of the disease, making it highly lethal. miRNAs are single-stranded, small non-coding RNAs with an approxim...

Mitophagy: An Emergence of New Player in Alzheimer’s Disease

Mitochondria provide neurons not only energy as ATP to keep them growing, proliferating and developing, but they also control apoptosis. Due to their high bioenergetic demand, neurons which are highly specific terminally differentiated cell...

Genomic sciences and medical biotechnology

The advent of genomic sciences has provided enormous information on the gene content and its expression in a wide variety of organisms, including the human. This has paved the way for understanding the differences between normal and abnorma...

Medical Biotechnology Innovation in India

This book examines the medical biotechnology industry in India through the lens of a critical political economy. It discusses the sharp trajectory of growth in the biotechnology business and the state of investments, subsidies, and patents ...