Publications by authors named "B Pramod Krishna"
It is important to be able to retrospectively determine severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections with high accuracy, both for post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemiological studies, and to distinguish between Long COVID and other multi-syndromic diseases that have overlapping symptoms. Although serum antibody levels can be measured to retrospectively diagnose SARS-CoV-2 infections, peptide stimulation of memory T cell responses is a more sensitive approach. This is because robust memory T cells are generated after SARS-CoV-2 infection and persist even after antibodies wane below detectability thresholds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAssessing the response to systemic therapy in neuroendocrine tumors (NET) is challenging since morphological imaging response is often delayed and not necessarily reflective of clinical benefit. Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) has a complex mechanism of action, further complicating response assessment. In response to these challenges, the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) Theranostics Task Force conducted a statement-based survey among experts to identify the current landscape and unmet needs in PRRT response assessment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Air pollution presents a major public health threat to India, affecting more than three quarters of the country's population. In the current project, GEOHealth Health Effects of Selected Environmental Exposomes Across the Life CourSe-India, we aim to study the effect of environmental exposomes-fine particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO), ozone (O) and extremes of temperature-on multiple health outcomes using a modified life course approach. The associated training grant aims to build capacity in India to address the unique environmental health problems.
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- Control over flowering time is crucial for plant survival, and the TFL1/CEN/BFT genes play a significant role in delaying flowering to promote continued vegetative growth.
- Researchers identified seven banana genes (MCN1-7) in the TFL1/CEN/BFT family, which mostly show expression in specific plant growth phases and decrease right before flowering initiation in different varieties.
- The functional similarity of three of these genes (MCNs1-3) to the TFL1 gene in Arabidopsis suggests they help regulate vegetative growth and prevent premature flowering in bananas.
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- This study explores how creating distinct acidic and basic sites in materials can improve chemical reactions, specifically focusing on Brønsted acid sites within graphitic carbon nitride (g-CN).
- The researchers successfully integrated -COOH and -SOH groups into the g-CN structure, leading to a significant increase in the rate of quinoline formation in the Friedländer synthesis compared to other catalysts.
- The enhanced reaction rate is linked to the higher surface acidity of the modified g-CN, and the study offers valuable insights into the mechanisms of the Friedländer reaction using metal-free catalysts.