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Programming- Why it is necessary for the medical professionals?

Programming, a vast sector which remained in demand from the time it was introduced till now and will always be in demand. The main reason for this is that programming actually gives shape to our thoughts in the form of program. Today, we have programs for each and every thing. May it be e-commerce, e-trading, entertainment, photography, cinema, video editing tools, online food apps, online learning, data analysis, artificial intelligence and what not. You name it, you will see that every field today requires computer programs to operate. So, possessing the working knowledge of programming actually allows you to know how the programs of your particular field works. You can introduce your innovation and improvise the programs. In todays world, its something which everyone should at least know. I am in the medicine profession so; I am going to talk about the importance of programs and programming in my field. IMPORTANCE OF PROGRAMMING IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINES We are in the era w...

HOW THE HOST CELL ACTS AGAINST SARS COV 2?

Today I am going to talk about how our body reacts to the infection of corona virus. To know how it enters the cell and hacks it to produce its own copy click here . So, let’s start: - After infecting the cells and making multiple copies, these copies moves out from the cell by exocytosis. Now when the cell gets infected the cell releases certain intermediates: - 1.The Interferon α and β which goes to the healthy alveolar cells of vicinity and this results in the release of antiviral peptides (these peptides are kind of self-defense mechanism). 2.They also release Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs are endogenous molecules that are released from damaged or dying cells and activate the innate immune system(macrophages) by interacting with pattern recognition receptors). Now these macrophages activate the inflammatory mediators (Interleukin1, interleukin 6, TNF- α ) so that they can be used to kill the virus. They also move to the pulmonary capillaries whic...