– 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) […]
–Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study by the University of Bristol describes a newfound mechanism of learning in the brain which stabilizes memories and decreases impedance between them. Memories are created by excitatory connections between the nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the brain – a region crucial for the formation of memories. Inhibitory […]
-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 […]
–Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata The emergence of an exceedingly pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has sparked novel concern in human coronaviruses around the world. The coronavirus came into view in Wuhan, a city of 10.9 million people in China’s Hubei zone’19. The highly contagious novel SARS-COV-2 virus not only affected the medical […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
–Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A statement by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) earlier stated that there was a comparatively higher risk of asymptomatic people being infected by COVID, which raised the number of people screened for COVID to a high level. Thousands of asymptomatic people flooded testing centers, resulting in […]
–Purbieta Nandy, Amity University Kolkata The Covid-19 pandemic has placed new urgency on examining the mechanisms influencing the spread of the virus. With each passing day, new techniques combating SARS-CoV-2 are coming up; One of those mechanisms is Viral Interference-phenomenon in which infection with one virus promotes resistance to other viruses. During the 2009 pandemic […]
–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 […]
-Raddur Samaddar, Team bioXone COVID-19, since its outbreak showed plenty of symptoms. Being a strain of SARS, which is still very raw and new for complete scientific understanding most of the healthcare and research community primarily focused on the Pulmonary Symptoms and their specific modes of exhibition. Recent observation, that correlates with the studies conducted […]
