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-Husna, Amity University Kolkata The detailed study of SARS-CoV2 transmission patterns in India has revealed that over 70% of those who contract Covid-19 don’t pass it on any further, while a minority act as super-spreaders. The global study using the largest dataset of contacts, also shows that children play a major role in the transmission […]
-Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in partnership with Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Biological E, has developed a “highly purified antisera” which will be utilized in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. Antisera are blood sera that carry antibodies against a selected viral toxin or antigen and are introduced to […]
Shrestha Dutta, Amity university Kolkata Working memory is imperative for a successful errand – the capacity to hold information in our minds lies at the core of almost everything we do. In a paper in Cell, the scientists present proof that working memory isn’t perfectly bound to one brain area, but requires the simultaneous activity […]
-Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Researchers have discovered that a drug, Catalase, might be the solution to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Catalase is a naturally occurring enzyme having the potential as a therapeutic drug treat COVID-19 symptom and suppress the replication of the virus inside the body. Catalase is produced naturally and employed by […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Throughout the evolution of the primate’s brain from the rear end to the foremost part – the prefrontal cortex (PFC) makes Homo sapiens the most intelligent species known on this planet. PFC, the rational part of the brain has evolutionarily specialized cognitive abilities such as complex decision making. Due […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Severity and death from Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are associated with the older population; testing such vaccine candidates is important to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A phase 1, open-label trial with an escalated dose of messenger RNA vaccine, mRNA-1273, which encodes the stabilized prefusion […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA BET (Bromodomain and extra terminal domain) proteins are described to be epigenetic and anti-cancer drug targets. This was the first-in-human study that judged the pharmacokinetics and prior activity of ODM-20, the inhibitor of BET in patients having solid tumours. The main objective was to determine the tolerability, dose-limiting toxicities (DLT), […]
Subhangi Das, Bankura Sammilani College According to a new study published in Nature Cell Biology, to stop the cannibalistic behaviour of an enzyme that can be the key to new drugs that fight against the age-related diseases. Researchers for the first time found out a process showing how the self-eating cellular method which is known […]
Ritwika Chowdhury, Team bioXone. Independent breathing is a common obstacle to the survival of pre-term babies because the lungs are not fully formed. This leads to respiratory distress right after birth because they cannot take up enough oxygen on their own.An international team led by current and former McMaster University researchers has developed an artificial […]
-Srilagna Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata To compare the diagnostic efficacy of the two different reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits. Throat swab samples from 18 hospitalized patients who were clinically tested for COVID-19 and from 100 hospitalized patients who were COVID negative were taken.SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid was detected in throat swab samples of the […]
