Undergraduate psychiatry CBME curriculum revision: The process and the way ahead.

Nationa Medical Commission (NMC) had recently undertook the revision of Undergraduate CBME curriculum. the Authors were involved in Psychiatry curriculum revision. In this paper, authors explain the process of revision, the rationale behind the changes made and make specific suggestions for the better implementation of the revised curriculum.

HIV/AIDS-related lymphoma: perspective from a regional cancer center in India.

Background: India has the third largest population of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA). Lymphoma is the second most common malignancy among PLHA. However, data are lacking regarding HIV/AIDS-related lymphoma (ARL) in India.

Molecular characterization, recombinant expression and bioactivity profile of an antimicrobial peptide, Ss-arasin from the Indian mud crab, Scylla serrata.

Antimicrobial peptides (AMP) are potential alternatives to conventional antibiotics with the prospect to treat infections caused by multidrug resistant bacteria. This is the report of the first arasin sequence from the mud crab, Scylla serrata, designated as Ss-arasin. The complete cDNA sequences of the open reading frame (ORF) is comprised of 198 bp encoding 65 amino acid with a predicted molecular weight of 7 kDa and a predicted isoelectric point of 10.

Patterns and the Occurrence of KRAS Mutations in Metastatic Colorectal Cancers-a Study from Indian Regional Cancer Centre.

Mutation analysis of the KRAS oncogene is established as a predictive biomarker in Colorectal cancer (CRC). Many prospective clinical trials have shown that only CRCs with wild-type KRAS respond to anti-epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) treatment. Hence, mutation analysis is mandatory before treatment of metastatic CRCs.