Aayushi Gaur, U. I. E. T., Kurukshetra University Doctors battled to keep patients breathing in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing mostly on treating lung and circulatory system damage. However, evidence of neurological consequences was already collecting at the time. Some COVID-19 patients were suffering from delirium, which manifested as confusion, disorientation, and […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University SARS-CoV-2, a strain from the Coronavirus family, is responsible for the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, taking the lives of millions of people via an infectious respiratory illness. Several studies have been conducted on this virus to find target proteins responsible for the infection as a therapeutic. Thus, spike (S) protein […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases are considered as vital risk factors for critical disease progression for COVID-19 contracted patients. 1 out of every 5 individual suffers from hypertension. Hypertension is observed to develop serious problems in the later stage of the infection, as these patients are more likely to develop pneumonia […]
Debraj Ghosh, Undergraduate student of Medicinal Institute, People’s Friendship Institute of Russia, Moscow, Russia Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)(1) is the strain of coronavirus causes the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a positive ssRNA(4) virus that is contagious to humans and is a successor to SARS-CoV-1 according to the U.S. National Institute of Health. The SARS-CoV-2 virion […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone A team of scientists claims that Indians should be grateful to their genetics, which according to their study is a critical factor in having a comparatively lesser number of deaths from COVID-19 in their populations. They studied the complete DNA data of the ACE2 gene in the X chromosomes from different […]
–Rishav Chakraborty, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata The SARS-COV infection occurred first in 2003-2004. The infection is believed to be contracted from animals including monkeys, Himalayan palm civets, cats, dogs, and rodents. Clinical manifestation including myalgia, headache, sore throat, and fever followed by severe respiratory distress. The virus binds with the ACE-2 (Angiotensinogen Converting Enzyme) […]
