-Binayak Das,Team bioXone A team of scientists has successfully isolated what they believe to be, as being the smallest biological molecule found till date, it being approximately one-tenth the size of an average antibody molecule. They have designed a therapeutic and pre-emptive drug called- Ab8 using it, which they propose will be able to not […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Recently, as the world is implementing re-opening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared contact-free temperature assessment devices are being used at entry points to identify and screen out feverish individuals who may carry the coronavirus. But even when the devices are used properly, temperature assessment may have a limited impact […]
–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) […]
-Mayukh Sinha, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic is the trending matter of concern. In addition to that, the post-recovery health of COVID-19 patients has imposed a threat as well. It has been reported that a 33-year-old Chinese man caught his second infection. It simply posed a doubt on the human immune system’s ability to […]
-Sayak Biswas, Amity University, Kolkata During a time when the coronavirus is spreading like a wildfire across the whole world, a private laboratory in West Bengal has claimed that one in every four persons have Covid-19 Antibodies in Kolkata. This news has come as a relief to a State which has already seen over 1.87 […]
–Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Due to concerns over India’s Covid-19 sharp ascend, the critical issue of antibodies poses a struggle for the scientists as they try to understand its impact on the disease progression. They stated that, while neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) generated against the SARS-Cov-2 may inhibit its entry into the host cell, other […]
