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Sayan Roy, Pondicherry University mRNA-1273 is a messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine, designed to fight against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It is developed by a US-based pharmaceutical company- Moderna, in association with NIAID Vaccine Research Center. The mRNA-1273 vaccine encodes for the SARS-CoV-2 full-length spike glycoprotein trimer ‘S-2P’, but modified to incorporate two proline substitutions […]
Shristi Das, Amity University, Kolkata Chocolate mainly consists of cocoa mass extracted from beans of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). Cocoa has been known for its ability to induce good health effects since ancient times. But often chocolate had been criticized for fats and sugar contents as these lead to the risk associated with health […]
Shrestha Sherry Chakraborty, Amity University Kolkata Raynaud’s phenomenon or Raynaud’s syndrome is a condition characterized by vasospasm which is generally caused by excessive constriction of small arteries supplying blood to different body parts. This leads to a limited supply of blood and oxygen to the affected area. Low oxygen levels eventually cause necrosis of the […]
Soumili Chakraborty, Amity University, Kolkata Stem cells undergo asymmetric cell division to give rise to two daughter cells: One daughter cell which is similar to that of the original stem cell, And the second daughter cell differentiates into a non-stem cell. Stem cells are largely studied to understand the underlying mechanisms, by which they contribute to […]
Shinjini Bandopadhyay, Amity University Kolkata In Greek mythology, chimeras were hybrid creatures; part lion, part goat, part snake. Now chimeras can be simply defined as animals made up of cells of two separate zygotes. Chimeric animals have more than one set of parents. Chimeras can be built in two ways; the first is to introduce […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Immortality is defined as eternal life i.e. being untouched by death, also acknowledged as eternal existence. Why do living beings gradually decay when they grow older? Senescence is the steady degeneration of cells or more appropriately of the entire organism ultimately. Organismal senescence leads to an increase in mortality rate […]
Subhrajit Barua, ITMO University, St. Petersburg, Russia Scientists have engineered mice to edit their muscle-bound genes in an attempt to see how human astronauts could be protected against large-scale muscle and bone density loss during long-duration space flights. After a brief stay on the International Space Station, the mice are now helping scientists to figure […]
PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY The word homonymous hemianopsia (HH) although quite unfamiliar with most people, yet comprises of a significant area in the field of ophthalmology. In every average human being, the left half of the occipital lobe in the brain is responsible for processing the visual information coming from the view perceived through the […]
Ayushman Kumar Banerjee With over 43 million COVID-19 cases having surfaced and more than 1.1 million deaths, researchers are relentlessly working round the clock to develop vaccines against the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19. This has led to a race for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, and in this race, Moderna has devised […]
Sayanti Pal, Amity University Kolkata Until the 1980s most of the researchers used to believe that no detectable genetic material is preserved in archaeological remains due to the rapid decay of bio-organic molecules. The invention of different molecular techniques made possible the detection and characterization of organic compounds present in archaeological remains. Reading the DNA sequence of […]
