Jaladhi Shah, Dr D. Y. Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune The aftermath of COVID-19 on the olfactory system: Following the multiple waves of COVID-19 that the world has witnessed, a lot of people, infected or uninfected have been subject to making changes in their lives. One such lifestyle adjustment that a lot of COVID-19 […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) The increasing rate of the variants of Coronavirus resulting in an outpouring of diseases in the whole world. The mutation occurring in the spike protein of the virion raise the question of vaccine effectiveness and allows greater transmission. Effective inactivation of the virus is required to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Identification of antigen is a major step for the development of the vaccine. Artificial intelligence including deep learning systems is useful for identifying vaccine targets utilizing genomic and proteomic information. An artificial intelligence-based platform was developed by the researchers of Amity University, Noida, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA. […]
Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Researchers at the University of Central Florida lead to the development of disinfectants based on nanoparticles. These disinfectants can continuously kill the viruses from the surface for up to seven days. It is considered that this discovery can be used as a significant weapon against COVID-19 and other evolving viruses. The […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia Vaccination is the quickest and most effective way to protect against infectious diseases. It helps your body to recognize the specific pathogen and generate an immune response against it. Different vaccines have been developed against the causative agent of the current Covid-19 pandemic. These vaccines have undergone successful clinical trials and […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The present COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of the world and its inhabitants. However, depending on our status as individuals as well as members of society, the pandemic’s impact and repercussions were perceived at different scales. While some people are starting to adjust to working online, online education and schooling for […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Out of all the vaccine-making companies, Bharat Biotech is the only one to locally develop a vaccine in India and result in large-scale manufacturing. The manufacturing of Covaxin had been started at Ankleshwar, Gujarat before which equipment efficacy was studied by carrying out engineering batches. After a 120-day timeline for manufacturing, testing, release, regulatory […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. in the race to find treatments for Covid-19 have joined a Japanese company in starting human trials for the first once-daily pill. Shionogi and Co., of Osaka, claimed that its pill would neutralize the Coronavirus in five days or less. The […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Determination of the risk factors of COVID-19 has turned out to be crucial in analyzing the constant increase in the number of cases and the following deaths that occurred. Coping up with this disastrous pandemic, dyslipidemia (abnormal fat and lipid levels in blood) has turned out to be a common complication […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The progression of an epidemic comes at a rapid pace for us to be able to understand it. What is more devastating than this progression is the ability of a pathogen to evolve and spread. The reality of it is already heart-breaking as we can see in the current pandemic of […]
