Afsaneh Khetrapal

Feature Writer

B.Sc.

Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology

Afsaneh graduated from Warwick University with a First class honours degree in Biomedical science. During her time here her love for neuroscience and scientific journalism only grew and have now steered her into a career with the journal, Scientific Reports under Springer Nature. Of course, she isn’t always immersed in all things science and literary; her free time involves a lot of oil painting and beach-side walks too.

Articles from Afsaneh

Blepharitis Diagnosis and Treatment

Blepharitis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation of the eyelids.

3 Jul 2017

Blepharitis Complications

The inflammation of the rims/edges of the eyelids due to obstruction of the oil glands is called blepharitis.

3 Jul 2017

Analyzing Metabolomics Data

The availability of data is the foremost step in analysis. There are several metabolomic databases available, each of them serving a different purpose. Their goal is to put the metabolites in some order so that it becomes easy for researchers to spot and analyze the data.

27 Jun 2017

Psychosomatic Disorders

Psychosomatic disorder is an illness that connects the mind and body. This occurs in such a way that the physiological functioning of the body is affected by the psychological tensions that either cause a disease or worsen the pre-existing disease in a person.

27 Jun 2017

Intrusive Thoughts - Unwelcome and Involuntary

The human brain is capable of having a thousand thoughts in a single day. Some thoughts may be reasonable and worthy, while some may be unusual and dangerous. The irrelevant thoughts, ideas, and images are called intrusive thoughts, which can be frightening and can arise in anyone, irrespective of age. It is believed that intrusive thoughts arise rapidly, and are beyond the control of a person.

27 Jun 2017

Why Does Skin Go Wrinkly in Water?

Water molecules naturally flow through a semipermeable membrane from a low concentration area to a high concentration area through a process called osmosis. When a person stays in a water bath for a prolonged time, osmosis occurs and the water flows into the upper skin cells, which then take up the water. Shrinking and expanding effects take place simultaneously in these skin cells, causing wrinkles.

27 Jun 2017

Sepsis Prevention

Followed by a microbial infection/intoxication, if the immune system in our body starts reacting vigorously by initiating complex series of events including inflammation, organ dysfunction, hypotension, it is categorized as sepsis. According to the severity of the condition, sepsis transforms to severe sepsis and to septic shock. Around the world, one-third of the patients affected with sepsis die every year.

20 Jun 2017