Mucopolysaccharide (MPS) diseases are a family of rare, life threatening diseases involving lysosomal storage that affect both children and adults. In people with MPS, deficiency or malfunction of these lysosomal enzymes lead to an abnormal accumulation of mucopolysaccharides or glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the arteries, skeleton, eyes, joints, ears, skin, or…

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Dementia is a set of symptoms like poor memory and difficulty in learning new information which can make it really hard for a person to live independently. Dementia is caused because of cell damage in the brain. Alzheimer disease is a…

Migraine is not just a headache it is a complex neurological disease that impacts more than a billion people worldwide. Migraine is a disease where one or more parts of the neurological communication system does not function properly. Genes program ion channels, neurotransmitters and other structures that support these nerve…

Have you ever gone through this? You missed a deadline, or you have an upcoming Math test, and you feel a clenching in your gut, simply put, “Butterflies in the stomach” or “Gut Feeling”. What makes the gut sensitive to situations or emotions that we feel? …

What is osteoporosis? When and where does it start? The word Osteo means related to the bone and Porosis means porous. So, the word Osteoporosis means porous bones. The bones resemble a structure like that of a honeycomb with small gaps in the bones. In normal conditions the bone undergoes…

Scientific journal publishing has played a pivotal role in communicating science among science researchers and educational institutions. It is one of the ways in which a scientist’s hard work is validated and published. While some journals are open access, majority are subscription-based journals. Open access journals encourage readership from scientists…

What is fracking? And why should we be concerned about this technology contaminating our water. Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth and a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. This gas is called the Shale gas. Fracking appears to…