Dr. Prajakta Banik
Prajakta is a writer who enjoys writing about health and science. Besides writing, Prajakta has been helping people to put their best smiles forward. She is interested in teaching the audience the latest discoveries, especially in the medical field.
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Targeting various COVID variants by altering spike protein structure
Versatile antiviral nanoparticles, effective across SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Active social lives boost well-being in dementia care
Social isolation linked to hospitalization, nursing home entry in older adults.
Gut bacteria essential for conquering milk allergy
Gut bacteria and compounds in poop are connected to long-lasting relief in kids with milk allergies treated with oral therapy.
Deep breaths: Essential for anger management
A study on anger control activities: What makes anger rise or fall?
Pioneering method to tackle lethal liver cancer
GalNAc-conjugated siRNA aims at DNAJB1-PRKACA fusion in liver cancer.
AI-assisted bacterial fermentation advances Alzheimer’s drug
Biosensor and machine learning assist in amaryllidaceae enzyme engineering.
Surprising impact of presence hallucinations on social perception
Using virtual humans for hallucination detection in Parkinson's disease via numerosity estimation.
New hope for sleep disorders without pills
Effect of sleep apnea on tailored insomnia treatment.
Steroid drugs for HRT tackles E. coli and MRSA
Steroid drugs kill MRSA by inhibiting bacterial oxidases.
Healthy diet linked to slower aging, lower dementia risk
Dietary patterns, aging rate, and dementia risk in Framingham study.
First SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations immune response to new virus variants
Immunological imprinting impacts human antibody reaction to SARS-CoV-2 mutations.
Brain’s translation of motivation into goal-oriented actions
Thalamo-striatal pathways encode motivated behavior distinctly.