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My name is Neil and I am currently studying Maths, Further Maths, Biology and Chemistry for my A-Levels.
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I launched this blog on my 17th birthday so that I can explore my passion for science and medicine related topics while simultaneously sharing any information I uncover with you. As such, each week I publish analytical posts on a wide variety of topics. Subscribe to receive a new article each week!
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Neil Sardesai
Apr 18, 20205 min read
Ayurvedic Medicine: Ancient Medicine in the Modern World
Ayurvedic medicine, which is also known as Ayurveda, is the ancient Indian medical system. While it was developed over 3,000 years ago..
Neil Sardesai
Apr 3, 20205 min read
Diabetes: How close are we to a cure?
Diabetes is a very serious, lifelong condition where the glucose concentration in a person is too high. The two main types of diabetes are t
Neil Sardesai
Mar 28, 20205 min read
Space Medicine: A brief guide
One of the most serious threats to astronauts health, while they travel in space, is radiation. The Sun constantly spews radiation, both in
Neil Sardesai
Mar 21, 20205 min read
Liquid Cancer: A short guide to blood cancer
Cancer is the uncontrollable division of cells by mitosis, which leads to the growth of abnormal cells. Cancer can occur anywhere in the bod
Neil Sardesai
Mar 14, 20205 min read
Applications of the microbiome in medicine: A quick summary
The development of these precise, species-specific antibiotics is not easy though. According to leading microbiology Jenn Leeds, one of the
Neil Sardesai
Mar 7, 20205 min read
The Human Microbiome Explained
The human microbiome has been one of the most discussed areas of science in the last few decades, as evidenced by a large number of companie
Neil Sardesai
Feb 29, 20205 min read
Hippocrates: The Father of Medicine
The Hippocratic Corpus was a set of around 60-70 ancient Greek medical works that were written by Hippocrates and his colleagues. It contain
Neil Sardesai
Feb 22, 20204 min read
Dementia Part 2: A summary of the latest cutting-edge research
In September 2019, researchers at the University of Newcastle attempted to show that the walking patterns of people with Alzheimer's are sli
Neil Sardesai
Feb 15, 20204 min read
Dementia explained: Part 1
Dementia is a syndrome that describes various symptoms of cognitive decline, including impairment of thinking, memory, and ability to carry
Neil Sardesai
Feb 8, 20205 min read
A Beginner's Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Diagnostic Medicine
The vast majority of cancer-recognising programs use supervised learning to train the algorithm. Supervised learning strives to learn the re
Neil Sardesai
Feb 1, 20204 min read
Coronavirus: What it is, where it came from and how to react.
Despite the fact that the virus causing the 2019-2020 outbreak in Wuhan is often called 'coronavirus', coronaviruses are actually a group of
Neil Sardesai
Jan 25, 20205 min read
The NHS: Its past, present and future
During this period, there was a huge shift in public health provision, particularly due to the Liberal Reforms of 1906-1912. Due to numerous
Neil Sardesai
Jan 18, 20205 min read
Public Health Provision in the UK: 1848 - 1905
Before 1848, public health provision was very limited, however, public health provision changed significantly in the years 1848 - 1905. The
Neil Sardesai
Jan 11, 20204 min read
The World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation (WHO), which was established on the 7th April 1948, is a specialist agency working directly under the United N
Neil Sardesai
Jan 4, 20204 min read
Ocean dead zones + Climate change: What can we do?
Climate change is a real threat that endangers our world and everything living on it.While the earth's climate has changed constantly throug
Neil Sardesai
Dec 28, 20196 min read
CRISPR: Cutting-edge genetic engineering explained
Genetic engineering has been a staple of the news and science fiction alike since the 1970s, when techniques for editing DNA sequences were
Neil Sardesai
Dec 21, 20194 min read
Zika virus: How close are we to its eradication?
According to the World Health Organisation, the zika virus is now present in 70 countries and territories around the world. Zika virus disea
Neil Sardesai
Dec 14, 20196 min read
Sickle cell anaemia: The debate behind how it confers resistance to malaria
Sickle cell disease is a group of relatively common inherited genetic conditions that affect the haemoglobin in red blood cells. Of these (a
Neil Sardesai
Dec 7, 20196 min read
Malaria: What it is, how it kills and how it can be prevented
Malaria is a life-threatening tropical disease spread by mosquitoes in more than 100 countries around the world. This article is part of...
Neil Sardesai
Nov 30, 20194 min read
Using enzyme inhibition to treat cancer
One specific group of chemotherapy drugs are called anti-tumour antibiotics. Despite their name, anti-tumour antibiotics are not like other
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