Scientists are racing to outsmart cancer Mohit Kumar Jolly was reading The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, a popular science book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, when he became impressed by the idea of fighting against cancer. His interest grew exponentially after he started seeing cancer patients every day at the MD Anderson […]
Why urban diseases like rabies and dengue are so hard to control Less than a kilometre from Bengaluru’s Lalbagh botanical garden lies the Bisilu Maramma Devi temple. The goddess has another name: Plague Maramma. Devotees believe that the deity harnesses the sun’s power to kill bacteria and viruses and ward off illnesses. The temple […]
A look at the human body’s sophisticated immune response to viruses like SARS-CoV-2 and why its defences are sometimes breached A couple of weeks ago, 53-year old Prakash (not his real name) started complaining of shortness of breath. Not long after, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, the new infectious disease that has paralyzed the […]
