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Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Microbial Ecology known as environmental microbiology is the study of microorganisms’ relationship with each other as well as their environment. The main goal of researchers in this department is to capture the maximum amount of information from all organisms that are present in a given sample. Traditionally DNA-based protocols are […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata COVID-19 has presented various contradictions that may provide clues to control the pandemic, even before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available. A study conducted recently by a group of researchers has shown that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is theoretically capable of protecting against COVID-19. Mumps IgG titers or antibody levels […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Biological models are experimental systems (in-vitro) used to recreate human cellular/tissue environments mimicking the body’s function. Aids in studying the biological phenomenon and how it is functioning, and in exploring diseases and their related effects on the system. Though modelling biological systems is not at all an easy job, […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata On November 18, 2020, the Medica EasyRA benchtop clinical chemistry analyzer was distributed and serviced by Greensboro-based company, which provides healthcare officials and staff to keep a routine test on blood chemistries to include and check metabolic activity profiles, liver enzymes, proper kidney functioning glucose levels, and cardiovascular tests. These […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata It has been a decade long pursuit to decipher the neurological functioning of Alzheimer’s disease as well as Parkinson’s disease. Medical biology has developed various procedure to understand the neurological function in these diseases. With the advancement of technology, the medical biologist has come up with a new type of […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata According to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered a deadly virus, named Chapare virus that caused more than five infections near Bolivia’s capital city, La Paz, out of which three are fatal. The researchers attested that the […]
AISHILA KAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Severe respiratory problem coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has fastly spread within the human population. In spite of the fact, SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, most humans had been early exposed to other antigenically different common seasonal human coronaviruses (hCoVs) earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic. Few scientists have suggested that people might […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The utilization of antibodies to battle human illness goes back to the 1890s and it is in practice even today. The blood plasma of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 contains antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 virus which is called plasma therapy and used as a treatment for people with coronavirus […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Since the dawn of a global pandemic this year, infectious diseases have been a popular topic of discussion and research. With infectious diseases being a threat to the global economy and public health, and with ARBs or antimicrobial resistance bacteria on the rise, the world is in need of progress […]
Sristi Raj Rai, Amity University Kolkata Though we have few existing theories on how life on earth originated, we still have a long way to go answering numerous questions to concretely know about our existence. Without taking a sneak peek into the space occupied by dark dense clouds and the formation of complex organic molecules […]
