Daily Archives: April 5, 2016
Nanoscintillators: magic internal light sources to assist radiotherapy
Photosensitizers are molecules that are able to produce cytotoxic species that include singlet oxygen, a particular form of oxygen that is strongly oxidizing, when they are illuminated by visible or NIR light. Because of this property, they
Theophylline, a drug to treat asthma increases risk of fracture and causes vitamin D deficiency
Incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) of which asthma is the commonest manifestation is growing by leaps and bounds in two most populous countries, India and China due to rapid growth of industrialization and associated rise
Serotonergic drugs in the treatment of symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease showing alterations in neurotransmitters, above all in brain regions responsibles for cognition and emotions. In this disease, an imbalance between neurotransmitters, acetylcholine, GABA, glutamate, noradrenaline and serotonin are included. In brain
Hand disinfectant with activity against all viruses
Across the hospitals worldwide the same procedure can be seen to take place: the doctor or the nurse applies disinfectant (sanitizer) on their hand before examining the patient. In doing so, she or he inactivates bacteria, yeasts
What are data?
Current debates on big data and data-centric research have reignited social and cultural interest in what counts as data, and under which conditions data are transformed into knowledge. I propose a philosophical perspective on these issues that
Chiral organic molecules at work with epoxides: two arms drive the asymmetric transformations
Many organic compounds, including natural aminoacids and sugars, are chiral molecules. They exist in two not superimposable forms, the enantiomers, having identical chemical formulae and bond connections, but likewise our hands, being mirror – images. As in
