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Krittika Ralhan, a PhD scholar in Biological Engineering, has been selected for the Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship in the neuroscience subcategory. Krittika works on cures for Alzheimer’s Disease and will use the scholarship to conduct a part of her doctoral research work at the University of Rochester, NewYork. The Alzheimer’s Disease is primarily caused by the aggregation of certain key brain proteins which is directly related to aging. In a normal brain, such proteins are responsible for maintaining the day-to-day activities in humans. However, in the case of Alzheimer’s, these proteins lose their function which leads to a devastating effect on memory, cognition,...