The Diamond in Cancer Care

The Jubilee Diamond: Originally known as the Reitz diamond, this 245 carat diamond was unearthed in a South African mines and remained as the largest diamond of world. ( Until 1905 when a bigger diamond was exhibited). It is twice as large as the Kohinoor and was priced at around 1,00,000 pounds in the 1900s.Continue reading “The Diamond in Cancer Care”

The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and medicine

In September 1928, Dr Alexander Fleming returned to his lab after one month of vacation. Every thing inside the lab was in disarray as if the cleaning staff had not entered his lab for ages. He set upon throwing away the garbage when he found out that the set of Petri dishes that he hasContinue reading “The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and medicine”

A Virus that made us humane.

Not all viruses are bad.The placenta that joins a baby with her mother is the gift of a virus HERV-W. HERV-W, the Maya Danav ( ମୟ ଦାନବ ) of humans. Some viruses insert their genetic information into our DNA. When the host cells divide, these viruses are carried on to our daughter cells. One suchContinue reading “A Virus that made us humane.”