Journal Club (Biochemistry) – By Dr Maria Hassan Baloch

The second Journal club activity was conducted in Biochemistry Department on 24th October 2022, as part of the departmental meeting conducted every month. The event was chaired and organised by Prof Dr Sumreena Mansoor and was attended by Dr Afrose Liaquat, Dr Arham Javed, Dr Saima Saeed, and all the Instructors and Research Assistants of the department. Dr Arham Javed compiled the data to be uploaded on the website as departmental website coordinator. Dr Maria Hassan Baloch presented an innovative article titled “The effect of expressive writing on wound healing: Immunohistochemistry analysis of skin tissue two weeks after punch biopsy wounding”. She explained that no one knows what incredible wonders writing therapy has for the well-being of an individual. Studies have demonstrated that besides its psychic benefits, writing aids the wound healing process by improving re-epithelialisation and increasing the number of Langerhans cells.