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As a biomedical scientist, my work and work hours look very different from majority of the corporate roles. Some days I complete my 10k steps only within the lab premises and somedays I look at the computer screen for almost the entire day, and then there are days when I return to the lab at 10 pm for ending or starting a time sensitive experiment. Although this might feel like flexible work hours, generally a majority of us, the bench scientists, put at least 50+ hours a wee

For the past couple of years, the conversation surrounding GLP-1 receptor agonists, the “star” class of drugs including Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy, has focused almost exclusively on the miracle of metabolic transformation. We’ve watched as these medications redefined the treatment of obesity and Type 2 diabetes, offering a lifeline to millions. However, as the medical community progresses in 2026, the honeymoon phase is being met with a hit of reality check. We are no long

Have you ever found yourself staring at a Western blot or a qPCR readout, wondering why the “clean” results you obtained last month have suddenly disappeared? After checking the buffers, calibrating the pipettes, and questioning the antibody, it is easy to conclude that the problem lies in technique. But in cancer research, another possibility deserves equal attention: the biology of the model itself may have changed. Cancer cell lines are not static reagents. In many setting

Autoimmunity is a condition where an individual’s immune system attacks its own healthy cells, tissues, and organs, mistaking them for foreign components. Today, we have been able to identify about 100 autoimmune diseases, including systemic as well as organ specific once. Our immune system’s ability to distinguish "self" from "foreign" is a marvel of biological education. During development, immune cells undergo a rigorous screening process in the thymus and bone marrow, a "

The term mRNA vaccine is widely recognized today, especially after the world witnessed its role during the 2019 COVID-19 pandemic. However, the origin of this idea goes back much further, long before many of us were even born. When COVID-19 spread across the globe in 2019, the first approvals for mass use of mRNA vaccines came from Europe and were soon followed by the United States. Vaccines developed by Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna quickly became some of the most important t

As a child, environmental science had a strong effect on my conscience. I remember being annoyed if I saw a tap running for too long, knowing that fresh water is a limited resource. I was and still am dead against fireworks as a mode of celebration. In our middle-class Indian household, we mostly reused plastic bags and bottles as many times as their structures permitted. I used to torment my parents about segregating wet and dry trash, and during college, I even carried smal

Antibiotics or antimicrobials are drugs that kill bacterial infections. One of the earliest inventions of antibiotics is Penicillin by Alexander Fleming. While this was one of the groundbreaking discoveries of modern medical science, Fleming had warned about the plausible widespread resistance in bacteria in his Nobel Prize lecture in 1945. According to the WHO, there were 1.27 million deaths worldwide in 2019 due to antibiotic resistance. Over 100 different antibiotics are c