Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata It is about a year now that the SARS-CoV-2 has disturbed and changed the daily lifestyle of people all over the world. A vaccine against this virus is what we are hoping for, but that too comes with a drawback that it won’t be able to provide a long-term immunity […]
– Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata Sonification is a branch of the auditory display which can convert information into nonspeech audio. A web tool made it possible. This web tool can generate audio using algorithms abiding the biological rules. The broadly represented two modes operated by the web tool are translation and transcription. In translation […]
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone Neanderthals also called Homo neanderthalensis or Homo sapiens neanderthalensis are an extinct group of early humans, which was existent almost 40,000 years back. These individuals lived in Eurasia until they became extinct and there are pieces of evidence that till date a certain percentage of Europeans and South Asians are genetically linked to these Neanderthals. […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata To avert the spread of the pandemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), a successful vaccine is needed. In an examination directed recently, safety, tolerability, and neutralizer reaction information from an on-going placebo-controlled treatment observer-blinded phase 1/2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine trial BNT162b1, a lipid nanoparticle (LNP) nucleoside-modified […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA A recently reported case was taken where a 40-year-old US women’s brain lining was punctured after her nasal swab test for COVID-19 which ultimately lead to the leakage of the brain fluid through her nose, and eventually putting her at risk of life-threatening infection. The patient had an undetected scarce […]
SAGNIK NAG, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Our immune system plays an imperative role in combating the uncertainties of COVID-19. The most concerning fact regarding the ailment is its alarming range of severity – from being asymptotic to completely fatal. Standing today we know all the precautions that are to be followed during this pandemic situation, we […]
Team BioXone Covid-19 continues to spread globally like wildfire. The vaccine in development is the only hope for prevention and containment. Every capable country is into investing millions to fast track development of vaccines, telescoping the duration of clinical trials from years to months. Russia launched its home-brewed vaccine – SPUTNIK V, in August, based […]
-Anuska Sen, Team bioXone It is a well-known fact to all of us that Vitamin D is indispensable in a healthy life. Not only does it help in maintaining proper bone formation and its structure, but it also aids to prevent skin cancer in people. One of the best, easiest and most reliable natural sources […]
-Ruchita Karmakar, Amity University Kolkata Researchers extracted the nucleic acid from the sludge solid and used the reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) to find the N1 and N2 gene that targets SARs-CoV2. They successfully detected the pathogen in all samples of wastewater. A high-resolution data-set, better than influent and the statistical analysis, emerged from examining wastewater. […]
-Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata It has been observed in the studies that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects – Heparin sulfate and ACE2 enter inside the cells. The course of viral entry and successful attachment is quite limpid. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors are present on the outer surface of cells that line the lungs. SARS-CoV-2 […]
