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Are you interested in bioinformatics and its impact on research and medicine? Discover how this interdisciplinary field is transforming the way we analyze and interpret biological data. Bioinformatics combines biology, computer science, and statistics to analyze complex datasets and make sense of the information. Here are some of the ways bioinformatics is benefiting research and medicine:   Improved disease diagnosis and treatment: Bioinformatics tools are increasingly used to identify genetic mutations and biomarkers associated with diseases, leading to more accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment plans. Bioinformatics is particularly useful in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, where genetic analysis of tumors is essential for identifying specific mutations that drive the disease. Drug discovery and development: Bioinformatics is essential for analyzing large datasets to predict the potential effects of drugs on the body, enabling researchers to identify new drug targe...

 Air pollution is now called an invisible killer of not just infants and small children but also the fetuses that are in the wombs of their mothers. Air pollution is a pressing issue worldwide in the recent era as the industrial and population growth has forced the use of fossil fuels more than ever. The burning of fossil fuels emits air pollutants such as Carbon Oxides (Cox), Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SO), lead, ozone, and Volatile organic compounds. These air pollutants are not emitted only in gaseous form but also in the form of particulate matter which are even more fatal for the humans. Among the most affected groups due to air pollution, children and infants are among the most vulnerable groups because of their limited capacities to fight against these pollutants. The recent studies in this field also highlight that not just children and infants, the fetuses inside the mother are also equally vulnerable to be affected by air pollution. The mechanism of action is ...

 As indicated by a plethora of literature, the emerging issue of air pollution especially in urban areas has caused increased risk rates associated with respiratory, cardiovascular, and neural diseases among human beings. However, being a vulnerable group, which is most sensitive to the air pollution impacts, the infants and newborn children are displaying increased disease rates as compared to adults. Among the various diseases that directly threaten the survival of children, the incidences of low birth weights are most closely linked to the exposure to air pollutants. Moreover, the increased premature birth rates are also linked with air pollution among children in urban settings. It has been identified in a study that the children who are premature in their birth are not fully developed infants therefore their body capacities are comparatively less than other newborn children (Kim et al., 2011). When such babies are exposed to air pollutants, they have little to no capacity to ...

 Ambient air pollution has qualified as one of the most significant threats to the human survival in the recent years. The increasing population and associated increase in industrialization and urbanization has caused the air pollute at unprecedented rates. In the initial years, the impact of air pollution was not felt at the large scale. However, the accumulation of dangerous pollutants in the atmosphere over time has now caused the humans to face grave impacts on socioeconomic and health sectors. So far, the studies have focused majorly on the impact on socioeconomic sectors or the environmental degradation of air pollution. In the health sector, a large number of studies are focused on adult human health and survival but little focus is ever given to the impact of air pollution on babies and infants who are one of the vulnerable groups identified in the studies of air pollution (Payne-Sturges et al., 2019). Among many causes of air pollution, the health impacts on human health ...

Since the emergence of this pandemic, a heated debate on social, television and print media is taking place whether increase in temperature will kill this virus or not? Few say, it is a hoax and high temperature has no affect on its mortality while others debated, temperature will influence its spread. I even read long blog posts consisting of arguments how temperature will melt the lipid content of Coronavirus and the virus will be destroyed. But being a scientist, I am only supposed to believe on data either generated in laboratory or via careful statistical analysis. Numerous recent studies have attempted to find correlation between high temperature and humidity and the rate of COVID-19 spread. Most conducted studies have applied statistical tools to find linear relationship between the reported case of COVID-19 and elevated temperature. Fortunately, almost all have reported that with increased temperature and humidity the spread of SARS-CoV-2 is slowed down. However, this a...

Every change requires strong will and guided conscience. It is an unfortunate human nature that we are flabbergasted by things which happen to affect us directly such as the ongoing Corona pandemic that is piling up the bodies all around the world. Alas! We fail to realize that there are certain phenomena which may not have direct consequences on human health in short term and therefore they are usually overlooked but they have more severe and deleterious upshots on our existence. Rampant pollution propagation and climate change are such indirect and far more gruesome issues. What we require is to understand that the physical environment around us does not only contain aesthetic value, rather it also preserves the quality of air we breathe in, the water we drink and the land we inhabit, along with the diverse existence of flora and fauna on which our survival as well as our luxuries depend on. Curbing pollution and climate change vulnerabilities are now topping the list of internati...