Weekly Biotech News of India
Husna, Amity University Kolkata Uncorrected refractive errors (URE) are a common cause of vision loss in children and affects almost 12.8 million children worldwide. Myopia (short-sightedness) is the most common eye-defect which can be severe if not corrected and 80-90% urban children suffer from myopic vision due to lack of time spent outdoors. Hypermetropia (long-sightedness) […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta An American biotechnology company ‘Moderna’, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts focuses on the discovery and development of drugs in addition to vaccine technologies. They exclusively use messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and designs vaccines to create a completely new generation of transformative medicines. Against COVID-19, Moderna has developed its mRNA vaccine candidate […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA “Honey” is most commonly used in Supportive and Substitute Medicine mainly in the Indian Ayurvedic Medicine since ancient times, as an additive in the treatment of Diabetes Mellitus. But in recent times the use of honey gained effective potential for the treatment of diabetes because of the increase in the […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Recent research by the University of Georgia has provided solid support on the spread of COVID 19 through fine aerosols being circulated in enclosed space, thereby, persuading people to wear masks particularly indoors. Even though most of the documented COVID 19 transmissions are occurring at enclosed spaces with poor ventilation, […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata The coronavirus, or the virus which has resulted in the whole world to shutdown, the ecosystem to change and us to depend completely on technology (to manage the economic conditions) and their immunity (since its more or less the survival of the fittest) first started its game in Wuhan, China. […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata After the recovery of President Donald Trump from Covid-19 using a similar therapy as of the antibody medicine from AstraZeneca Plc, the company has started its late-stage trials for the same against COVID-19. The medicine will undergo two trials on more than 60000 people starting soon. Astra has also planned […]
-Sagnik Nag, Amity University With the increasing cases of COVID fever, there’s still hope for upcoming vaccines within a few months. The hope came with a massive responsibility on the Government for mapping out its extensive cold storage to ensure the quick delivery of the vaccine across the country. A national expert group surveyed to […]
-Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Antibodies serve as analytical barriers to viruses or viral infections. They play a dual role in communicating the existence of invading pathogens in infected cells, also, in interfering with the processes that are essential to the viral lifecycle. The antibodies activate phagocytes which is a potential mechanism of eradiating viruses. […]
-Husna, Amity University Kolkata The loss in sense of smell and taste experienced most commonly due to viral fever is termed as Anosmia. Millions of olfactory receptor cells are present in our nasal cavity. These cells captures molecules with specific odour and activate a nerve response which then carries the signal to the brain where […]
Rohit Bhattacharjee, Amity University Kolkata Skin cancer, the most common kind of cancer, is mainly caused due to excessive exposure to the UV rays from the sun. They are of two types:- melanoma ( develops from pigment-producing skin cells called melanocytes) and non-melanoma (developed from other skin cells). Though non-melanoma skin cancer is more widespread, […]
