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 […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Many biochemical processes have been described for the detection of antigens. These processes have high specificity, have high reproducibility, and are trustworthy. Several new biochemical processes are being developed with even better sensitivity. However, the downside of biochemical processes is that they are slow and require specialized […]
Saakshi Bangera, DY Patil School of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Despite the improving research methodologies and treatments, COVID-19 continues to spread, causing deaths and morbidity across the world. It has been found that statins can potentially decrease the severity of COVID-19. However, this field has been less researched due to limited size and region-centred studies. Statins […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University Current Scenario The emergence of coronavirus from 2019 till now has led to a global healthcare crisis all over the world. Recent data of COVID-19 shows data as of July 7 having 184,324,026 confirmed cases and 3,992,680 deaths. Although vaccination has started to pick up pace in many countries, the risk […]
Shreyas bhat, DY Patil School of biotechnology and bioinformatics A new and more contagious variant of SARS COVID-19 was announced by the world health organization (WHO). According to some reports, the new lambda variant is associated with community transmission in more than 30 countries, with a substantial rise in cases over time. It is also […]
Monika R, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Vaccines save millions of lives every year because they are one of the most effective ways of immunization against many infectious diseases. They have played a great role in the worldwide eradication of smallpox and the control of other infectious diseases such as measles, rubella, tetanus, and polio. […]
Neha khan, Jamia Millia Islamia What is the alpha variant? The B.1.1.7 variant is known as the Alpha variant which was first found in India and had taken thousands of lives. This coronavirus variant is more infectious than other variants because it foils the innate immune system for a while till it replicates and finds […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College. It has been more than half a century that the Coronaviruses (CoVs) have been rampantly spreading across the globe. This has led to the current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2, which extends a momentum to be able to characterize the largely expressed protein, the Nucleocapsid (N) protein. This N protein is […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela The SARS-CoV-2 virus has mutated very frequently over time that resulted in genetic variation of circulating viral strains throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Viral mutations can enhance virulence as well as transmissibility in humans. It affects the antigen and serology tests due to the inherent design differences of each […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University All over the world research is currently focused on the development of a drug that might help cure COVID19. At the moment we do not have any treatment for COVID19. Vaccines are the only way the chain of transmission can be broken. Throughout the pandemic, various drugs […]
