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Jr. Technical researcher
April 03, 2024
Summary "Systematic Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for neuroanatomically-based age prediction in youth."
Human longevity refers to the actual duration of an individual’s life, and it has been a subject of fascination, study, and speculation throughout human history. Application of machine learning (ML) algorithms to structural...
Content writer – Clinical
March 27, 2024
Summary "Eat right for healthy long life."
The average life expectancy of an individual is increasing among the world population. Also, eating the right way and living a healthy life have been the main goals of humanity. Research in the recent past or decade is focused...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
March 27, 2024
Summary "A multi-omic study identifies high confidence genes implicated in biological aging."
Aging-related degenerative diseases are the leading cause of death in developed nations. Current medical interventions are aimed at delaying the onset or treating the symptoms of individual age-related...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
March 20, 2024
Summary "Lifestyle factors affecting longevity."
Longevity is determined by a combination of genetic and non-genetic factors. It is shown that genetic variations cause about 25% of variation in longevity. On the other hand, non-genetic factors include lifestyle and...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
March 20, 2024
Summary "Organ aging signatures in the plasma proteome track health and disease."
As we age our organs also age but not at the same rate. The onset and effects of aging vary from individual to individual. Animal studies showed aging varies within the organs of an individual also. As we age our cells undergo...
Data analyst intern
February 28, 2024
Summary "Longevity risk - Its financial impact on pensions."
The research explores the financial impacts of longevity risk on defined benefit (DB) pension plan liabilities in Ghana, utilizing data from the 2010 population census and the Lee-Carter model. It compares two key models...
Content writer – Clinical
February 21, 2024
Summary "Central nervous system health status as an important predictor of longevity."
The presentation emphasized the pivotal role of the central nervous system (CNS) health in determining longevity. Here's a concise summary of the key points covered...
Data analyst intern
February 21, 2024
Summary "Social connectedness, functional capacity, and longevity: A focus on positive relations with others."
Longevity is amongst the complex traits whose genetic foundation is yet unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible causal relationship and genetic correlation between gut microbiota and...
Jr. Bioinformatician
January 31, 2024
Summary "Association between gut microbiota, and longevity: A genetic correlation, and Mendelian randomization study."
Longevity is amongst the complex traits whose genetic foundation is yet unknown. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible causal relationship and genetic correlation between gut microbiota and...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
January 31, 2024
Summary "Lifespan or healthspan which is your goal?"
Lifespan refers to the time a person lives. On the other hand, healthspan refers to the time during which a person lives a healthy life without any chronic disease and age-related disorders. However, defining a healthy life...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
January 24, 2024
Summary "Inherited components of longevity."
Aging and longevity has a strong genetic component. Every living organism is born with a set of genetic material that constitutes its genome. Humans inherit their genome and associated genetic traits from their parents.
Content writer – Clinical
January 17, 2024
Summary "Aging - What is it? How to prevent it?"
Aging is the time-related deterioration of physiological functions crucial for survival and fertility, marked by the gradual accumulation of cellular and molecular damage. It is a major risk factor for chronic diseases.
Data analyst intern
January 17, 2024
Summary "Research on the prediction of longevity from both individual, and family perspectives."
This study addresses the growing challenges posed by population aging, particularly in China, where the proportion of elderly individuals has surged. With the elderly constituting a significant demographic, there's an increasing...
Content writer – Clinical
January 10, 2024
Summary "Healthy heart for healthy long life."
Life expectancy is a measure of population health. It is related to the longevity of an individual and is interdependent on a number of measurable factors. One of the most important factor is cardiovascular health.
Sr. Scientist – Omics
January 03, 2024
Summary "Longevity: How far can we stretch it?"
The basic question of longevity is how long a human can live. The increasing number of centenarians indicates an increase in the average lifespan. Till date, based on the available and reliable documents, the longest-living person was...
Graphic designer
January 03, 2024
Summary "Genetic networks of Alzheimer's disease, aging and longevity in humans."
Since the 1970s, researchers have suggested that social networks, the connections people have in their daily lives, can impact health. The size, frequency of contact, and diversity of social networks have been...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
December 27, 2023
Summary "Health informatics: Health and genetics data to predict longevity."
The desire to live a healthy long life has been a constant drive in search of solutions to achieve human longevity. With the advancement in medical science, successful treatment, and management of a large number of...
Data analyst intern
December 13, 2023
Summary "Social networks, social support, and life expectancy in older adults: The cardiovascular health study."
Since the 1970s, researchers have suggested that social networks, the connections people have in their daily lives, can impact health. The size, frequency of contact, and diversity of social networks have been...
Content writer – Clinical
December 13, 2023
Summary "Physical and mental stress: Impact on lifespan."
Stress, whether physical or mental, plays a pivotal role in determining the quality and length of human life. Physical stress triggers predictable responses in tissues, organs, and systems, with chronic exposure leading to the...
Content writer – Clinical
December 06, 2023
Summary "Long-term impact of metformin and sulphonylurea therapies on type 2 diabetes: A two-decade analysis of survival patterns."
Metformin is a first-line drug used for type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment. Metformin has been associated with other non-diabetic health benefits, such as extending a healthy lifespan, in addition to its main use in the treatment...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
November 29, 2023
Summary "Longevity: Determining factors."
The goal of the longevity research is understanding the aging process and tune it. For the quest of longevity, researchers identified nine hallmarks of aging which include genomic instability, telomere attrition...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
November 22, 2023
Summary "Genomics: Can it answer longevity questions?"
Historically the attainment of healthy human longevity has remained a distant dream. With the advent of whole genome sequencing technology an entire genetic blueprint of the human can be elucidated in a short...
Jr. Technical researcher
November 22, 2023
Summary "DeepMAge: A methylation aging clock developed with deep learning."
Human longevity refers to the actual duration of an individual’s life, and it has been a subject of fascination, study, and speculation throughout human history. The quest for understanding and extending the human lifespan...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
November 15, 2023
Summary "A multicenter study uncovers genetic factors that may play a significant role in mice longevity."
Aging is a yet to be fully understood process where molecular, cellular, and organismal homeostasis is affected by multiple environmental and genetic factors which results in a progressive functional decline in physical...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
November 08, 2023
Summary "Gene transfer extends lifespan of mice."
Longer lifespan accompanied by healthy lifespan is always desired. Naked mole rats are the longest living rodents. They evolved efficient anti-aging and anti-cancer defense. Naked mole-rat tissues are highly...
AWS and App developer
October 18, 2023
Summary "Deep learning-based six-type classifier for lung cancer, and mimics from histopathological whole slide images."
The development and application of deep learning techniques in the field of medical image analysis have seen significant advancements in recent years. One particularly promising area of research is the use of deep...
Graphic designer
October 04, 2023
Summary "Development of an eHealth tool for capturing and analyzing the immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in cancer treatment."
Immunotherapy is rapidly advancing and can now be considered a powerful new tool in the treatment of cancer. However, it is associated with a myriad of Immune-related adverse events (irAEs). These irAEs can affect numerous...
Content writer – Clinical
September 20, 2023
Summary "Artificial intelligence–based prediction of lung cancer risk using non-imaging electronic medical records: Deep learning approach."
Lung cancer is the most common cause of death worldwide. So, early detection is crucial which may be helpful to reduce mortality rate. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening may reduce the lung cancer...
Content writer – Clinical
September 13, 2023
Summary "Clinical trial shows potential of poziotinib for HER2-mutant lung cancer."
Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer, accounting for up to 85% of the patients. Around 3% of these NSCLC patients have mutations in the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2...
Software engineer
September 06, 2023
Summary "An explainable machine learning framework for lung cancer hospital length of stay prediction."
The importance of predicting the length of stay (LOS) in the ICU for lung cancer patients is not well understood. This is because LOS can be used to manage hospital resources and improve patient outcomes. Traditional...
Content writer – Clinical
August 16, 2023
Summary "Easy-to-find irAEs can be used as indicators to predict neoadjuvant chemo-immunotherapy response."
Lung cancer is the prominent cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients are diagnosed with early-stage disease in only 25% of cases, making them amenable to...
Content writer – Clinical
August 02, 2023
Summary "The efficacy and safety of albumin-bound paclitaxel plus carboplatin as neoadjuvant therapy for potentially resectable lung squamous cell carcinoma: A real-world retrospective cohort study."
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death. The most frequent forms of treatment for lung cancer include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgery. The most common type of lung cancer is non-small cell...
Jr. Technical researcher
July 12, 2023
Summary "Lung cancer prediction using robust machine learning and image enhancement methods on extracted gray-level co-occurrence matrix features."
In the present era, cancer is the leading cause of demise in both men and women world-wide, with low survival rates due to inefficient diagnostic techniques. In the year 2021, about 1,898,160 new cancer cases were...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
July 05, 2023
Summary "Nivolumab therapy in addition to chemotherapy improves survival in patients with resectable lung cancer."
Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. Over 80% of the total lung cancer cases belong to the type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Among the patients diagnosed with...
Content writer – Clinical
June 28, 2023
Summary "Observation vs. radiosurgery: Which is best for asymptomatic meningiomas?"
Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors, accounting for almost 30% of all central nervous system (CNS) tumors in adults. A great majority of meningiomas are benign, correlating to grade I...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
June 21, 2023
Summary "Role of air pollutants in lung cancer ."
Lung cancer in never-smokers (LCINS) is the eighth most common cause of cancer death in the UK. Such patients bear distinct clinical and molecular characteristics compared to lung cancer in smokers which...
Content writer – Clinical
May 31, 2023
Summary "A molecularly integrated grade for meningioma."
Meningiomas are one of the most common primary intracranial tumors in adults. Ass there is presence of more number of cases worldwide, there is a need for a reliable, widely accessible and acceptable predictor of...
Content writer – Clinical
June 07, 2023
Summary "Somatostatin receptor theranostics for refractory meningiomas."
Meningiomas are non-cancerous lesions that arises from the membranes surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. They contribute to around 30% of the initial brain tumors and they are associated with different clinical...
Content writer – Clinical
May 10, 2023
Summary "My experience with ChatGPT."
I spend my days learning about the mechanism of action of drugs and writing white papers, blogs, and short descriptions about diseases, as well as creating graphics that explain complex scientific concepts to a non-expert...
Content writer – Clinical
April 12, 2023
Summary "Phase 2 study of pembrolizumab in patients with recurrent and residual high-grade meningiomas."
Meningiomas are the most prevalent primary central nervous system tumor, with a prevalence of 170,000 cases in the United States. Maximal safe resection is the cornerstone of meningioma treatment, and...
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Jr. Technical researcher
March 29, 2023
Summary "A hybrid CNN-GLCM classifier for detection and grade classification of brain tumor."
A tumor is a volume of irregular and abnormal cells affecting the function of nearby healthy cells in the human body. Meningioma is the most commonly occurring tumor in adults with high-risk factors...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
March 15, 2023
Summary "Multi-omic analysis of low-grade glioma histological subtypes uncovers the significance of tumor purity."
Astrocytoma and Oligodendroglioma are the histological subtypes of glioma brain tumors. Histological classification of gliomas has been the clinical practice before the inclusion of molecular markers by the...
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Proofreading intern
March 07, 2023
Summary "Quality of YouTube videos on meningioma treatment using the DISCERN instrument."
Meningiomas are the most common type of primary brain tumor that arises from the brain or the spinal cord. Although the majority of meningiomas are benign, these tumors can cause problems as they grow...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
March 01, 2023
Summary "Circular RNAs in Diagnosis of Astrocytoma."
Astrocytoma is a type of brain tumor associated with astrocytes. Grade IV astrocytoma is commonly known as glioblastoma. Molecular-based diagnosis is challenging as it requires brain surgery for obtaining...
Content writer – Clinical
February 15, 2023
Summary "Expression of CD133 cancer stems cell marker in IDH-mutant and IDH-wild type (isocitrate dehydrogenase) astrocytoma."
Astrocytoma is a tumor that arises from the astrocytes. They belong to a group called glial cells, the supporting cells seen in the central nervous system. They are specifically called astrocytes when they are...
Content writer – Clinical
February 08, 2023
Summary "Prognostic factors associated with survival in patients with diffuse astrocytoma."
Astrocytomas are the most common primary tumors in the central nervous system (CNS). These tumors arise from astrocytes—star-shaped cells that make up the “glue-like” or supportive tissue of the brain. The diagnosis is based...
Proofreading intern
February 07, 2023
Summary "Brain tumor patients’ use of social media for disease management: Current practices and implications for the future."
Brain tumor-related diseases are some of the longest and most painful ailments worldwide, and their symptoms lead to social and physical isolation. This study is based on the patients who were administered a questionnaire...
Content writer – Clinical
February 01, 2023
Summary "Exploring the safety and efficacy of a novel drug combination for treating recurrent high-grade astrocytomas: A phase 1 clinical trial."
Astrocytoma is a type of brain tumor that originates from star-shaped glial cells in the brain called astrocytes. According to the WHO classification, they are classified into four grades based on the degree of malignancy and...
Content writer – Clinical
January 17, 2023
Summary "Grading of IDH‑mutant astrocytoma using diffusion, susceptibility, and perfusion‑weighted imaging."
The accurate grading of IDH-mutant astrocytoma is essential to develop therapeutic strategies and evaluating the prognosis of patients. A preoperative classification of these entities could be beneficial for the treatments...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
January 11, 2023
Summary "An effective integrated grading system for meningioma tumour grading that incorporates molecular features."
Meningioma is the most common primary intracranial tumor in the United States. There are approximately 35,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Meningioma has an estimated population prevalence of approximately...
Proofreading intern
January 10, 2023
Summary "How mental health care should change as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic?"
As the world went from having the busiest streets to empty ones, lives were changed all around in 2020. The coronavirus or Covid-19 more formally known as SARS-CoV-2 was first discovered in Wuhan, China in December...
Jr. Economist intern
December 20, 2022
Summary "Caste differences in hypertension among women in India: Diminishing health returns to socioeconomic status for lower caste groups."
The caste system is a relatively rigid system of social hierarchy in India. Caste membership defines one’s access to resources and life opportunities. A growing body of research suggests that lower caste...
Jr. Economist intern
December 13, 2022
Summary "Dietary intake of Parkinson's disease patients."
Parkinson's disease is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder. Often, dietary management is supplemented as adjuvant therapy. Therefore, dietary relevant studies may grant an interesting...
Jr. Technical researcher
November 16, 2022
Summary "A comparative analysis of machine learning algorithms to predict Alzheimer’s disease."
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurological disorder that causes brain cells to die and the brain to shrink (atrophy). Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is defined as a progressive decline...
Content writer – Clinical
November 09, 2022
Summary "High frequency of psychosis in late-stage Parkinson's disease."
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurological disorder observed mostly in elderly individuals. The symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, slow motion, and loss of balance. It is caused when neurons of the basal ganglia region...
Content writer – Clinical
November 02, 2022
Summary "Reassessing diabetes and APOE genotype as potential interacting risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease."
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder in which the death of brain cells causes memory loss and cognitive decline. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia...
Proofreading intern
November 01, 2022
Summary "YouTube as a source of information for neurosurgery."
Social Media is an important part of our daily lives; statistically, it has been so for the last two centuries. We have evolved from the invention of the telegraph in 1844 (where messages were transmitted physically...
Content writer – Clinical
October 25, 2022
Summary "Slowing down Alzheimer’s disease by combining an anti-oxidant drug, GV1001, with donepezil."
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that impairs short-term memory and affects the judgment and behavior of the patient. Brain cells continue to die as time passes and the patient eventually...
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Sr. Scientist – Omics
October 19, 2022
Summary "Identifying candidate Parkinson's disease genes by integrating genomic data."
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurological disorder observed mostly in elderly individuals. The symptoms include tremors, muscle stiffness, slow motion, and loss of balance. It is caused when neurons...
Content writer – Clinical
October 18, 2022
Summary "A six-metabolite panel as potential blood-based biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease."
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and affects around five million people worldwide. People with PD typically exhibit symptoms when 50% or more...
Jr. Economist intern
October 12, 2022
Summary "Economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease dementia in Japan."
Alzheimer’s disease dementia (ADD) is the leading cause of long-term care in Japan. In Japan, the number of older adults aged 65 years or over, living with dementia was estimated to be 4,620,000 in 2012. In a projection using data...
Content writer – Clinical
October 11, 2022
Summary "Triggers and alleviating factors for fatigue in Parkinson's disease."
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive disorder that affects the nervous system. Symptoms start slowly. The first symptom may be a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. Tremors are typical, but the disorder...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
October 07, 2022
Summary "Uncovering the link between chromatin activity, gene expression in myeloid cells and Alzheimer’s disease risk."
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder commonly affecting people older than 65 years of age. The neurodegenerative progression of the disorder...
Sr. Scientist – Omics
September 14, 2022
Summary "Somatic mutations in Alzheimer’s disease neurons."
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common age-associated neurodegenerative disorder. It is associated with the deposition of amyloid-beta oligomers and tau proteins. However, the underneath cellular dysfunction is...
Jr. Economist intern
September 28, 2022
Summary "Association of multidimensional poverty with dementia in adults aged 50 years or older in South Africa."
Dementia has become a global health challenge. It is well documented that poor social determinants of health are directly associated with the disease. Hence a multidimensional approach to poverty...
Content writer – Clinical
August 19, 2022
Summary "Targeting the αv integrin/TGF-β axis improves natural killer cell function against glioblastoma stem cells."
Glioblastoma multiform (GBM), the most aggressive brain cancer, recurs due to the resistance of glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs) to all standard therapies. This dismal therapy outcome has sparked intense interest in immunotherapy...
Jr. Economist intern
September 21, 2022
Summary "Caste, religion, and mental health in India"
A large, multi-disciplinary literature in social epidemiology, public health, and medical sociology has been concerned with documenting and understanding disparities in health by race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic...
Jr. Economist intern
August 12, 2022
Summary "Comparing the average cost of outpatient care of public and for-profit private providers in India."
In mixed healthcare systems like India's, it is crucial to understand the cost of care associated with various types of healthcare providers to influence policy discussions. Existing studies reporting Out of Pocket Expenditure...
Content writer – Clinical
August 05, 2022
Summary "Slowing down glioma growth by knocking out miR-21 in mice models."
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive form of glioma with a median survival of 15 months. Heterogeneity is one of the main characteristics of GBM. The tumor cells show variability not only from one patient...
Content writer – Clinical
July 29, 2022
Summary "Intratumoral IL-12 delivery empowers CAR-T cell immunotherapy in a pre-clinical model of glioblastoma."
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of primary brain cancer in adults. It accounts for about 60-70% of gliomas. The standard treatment regimen for GBM is tumor resection followed...
Jr. Economist intern
July 22, 2022
Summary "Health and its impact on economic growth in India – An explanation."
The role of ‘human capital’ in economic growth is vital. An economy that depends on human capital is now widely accepted. A higher level of human capital is the result of a higher level of health status, better health education...
Jr. Scientist – Omics
July 15, 2022
Summary "Multifunctional silica-coated mixed polymeric micelles for integrin-targeted therapy of pediatric patient-derived glioblastoma."
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the malignant brain tumor of the primary central nervous system (CNS) arising from the glial cells having an incidence ranging from 5 to 8 persons per 100,000 individuals...
Sr. Scientist - Omics
June 29, 2022
Summary "A phase Ib-IIa trial of 9 repurposed drugs combined with temozolomide for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma- CUSP9v3-2021."
Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive primary malignant brain tumor in adults. Despite therapeutic interventions, glioblastoma prognosis remains very poor as most patients die…
Sr. Scientist – Omics
June 24, 2022
Summary "Identification of new genetic clusters in glioblastoma multiforme: EGFR status, and ADD3 losses influence prognosis."
Glioblastoma (GB) multiforme, IDH wild-type (GB-IDHwt) is the most frequent brain tumor with poor survival rate. Glioblastoma with mutant IDH enzyme shows good prognosis. The highly genetic heterogeity is responsible…
Content writer – Clinical
June 16, 2022
Summary "Effects of metformin as an add-on therapy against glioblastoma: an old medicine for novel oncology therapeutics."
Medical research is focused on finding solutions through diligent and innovative platforms in the field of health and disease. Every published paper holds a stepping stone toward gaining knowledge…
