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Basak, S.
- Surrogacy—The Bless or Curse of Technological Advancement
Authors
1 Dept of Forensic and State Medicine, IPGMER, 244, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata 700020, IN
2 Dept of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGMER)
3 Senior Lecturer, Dept of Polymer Science and Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, IN
Source
Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 24, No 1 (2010), Pagination: 8-11Abstract
The word Surrogate is derived from the latin Subrogare means to substitute. The procedure of surrogacy is the Brain Child of ART or Assisted Reproductive Techniques which is considered as one of the bless of modem technological advancement that has given smiles to the faces of many infertile couples.
According to this technique, a surrogate mother is a woman agreeing to have an embryo generated from the sperm of a man who is not her husband and the oocyte of another woman implanted in her womb to carry the pregnancy to full term and deliver the child to its biological parents.
Unfortunately the curtain raising incidence that produced much hue and cry among the social activists about the necessity of this procedure is the delivery of a surrogate baby at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata on 25th of Sept'2008, where contrary to the guidelines given in the Surrogate Bill to be passed by the Parliament, the surrogate mother was a 46 years old Indian woman who was provided with Rs.3000/- per month as maintenance charge during pregnancy and Rs.3 lakhs on successful delivery of the baby and handing it over to the biological parents who were US citizens. Thus came into view out of a sudden oblivion about a nexus of Medical Tourism and surrogacy, spreading rapidly in the whole society in the name of technological advancement.
- The Chill Thrill
Authors
1 IPGMR&R, Kolkata, IN
Source
Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 1 (2009), Pagination: 17-20Abstract
This article is about one of the most toxic herbicide, the Paraquat, in the beverage Cola which resembles it in appearance. Although the sale of cola has been banned in some areas eg. in Kerala of India by a Government Order No. (Rt)No. 2396/06/II&FWD dated 10.08.2006 because of its residues of organochlorine pesticides like Chloropyrophos and Malathion, one of the most dangerous quarternary ammonium compound, the Paraquat that resembles cola has not been much mentioned. The cola is a carbonated soU drink sold in stores throughout the world after its recipe was first invented by John Pemberton originally in the name of coca wine in 1885. He intended it as a patent medicine but the patent was bought out by a businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led this cola to its dominance of the world of soft drink market throughout the 20th and now the 21st century. In acute toxicity studies using laboratory animals, Paraquat has been shown to be highly toxic by the inhalation route and has been placed in Toxicity Category I (the highest of four levels). However the p]PA has determined that particles used in agricultural practices (400-800 nanomicron) are well beyond the respirable range. It shows category II toxicity in the oral route and moderately toxic that is category III by the dermal route. Paraquat will cause moderate to severe eye irritation and minimal dermal irritation, and has been placed in toxicity categories II and IV (slightly toxic) for these effects.- Criminal Profiling: the reality behind the myth
Authors
1 Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 244, AJC Bose Road, Kolkata- 700 020, IN
2 Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, IN
3 Dept. of Forensic and State Medicine, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, IN
4 Dept. of Pathology, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Mediuipur, West Bengal, IN
Source
Indian Science Cruiser, Vol 23, No 5 (2009), Pagination: 54-57Abstract
In contemporary criminology, with the advent of Criminal Profiling, criminal investigative procedure has changed dramatically. Various theories and methodologies of criminal profiling have been proposed e.g., FBI's Crime Scene Analysis, Brent Turve^s Behavioral Evidence Analysis, Canter's Profiling Technique etc. It is certain that in near fiiture, Criminal Profiling will play a decisive role in modem criminal investigation.Keywords
criminal profiling, crime, behaviour, victim.- Virtual Autopsy - The future of Forensic Medicine
Authors
1 Department of Forensic and State Medicine, Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, 244 A .J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata-20 W.B., IN
2 Department of Pathology, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur, W.B., IN