Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata With the COVID-19 vaccine doing its rounds thorough out the world, the chances of contracting other variants of the virus are rising rapidly. At present, the vaccine provides an 85-90% immunity from the initial virus but is not known to be immune against the mutated versions of the virus. […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Being bald, losing all hair is a common scene nowadays, caused mainly by the stressful lifestyle we lead. Relaxing is what doctors prescribe to deal with stress, but recently conducted research says that it could have more sides to that. Researchers have claimed that relaxing, helps in growing hair. […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Coronavirus yet again presents new issues to worry about this year, aside from the devastating global pandemic it has caused. Over the last few weeks, a new “double mutant variant” has been detected in some pockets of India, particularly Delhi and Maharashtra. This “double mutant” strain has been found in […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus became a household name, as the pandemic swept people off their feet, locking them in their houses, rendering them sick, leading to death on severe occasions. After months into the pandemic, in December 2020, the government of Israel approved the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination and proclaimed a mass immunization […]
– Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata The occurrence of an exceptional pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has gained novel distress in human coronaviruses around the globe. Considering the current global uncontrollable pandemic situation the researchers have fabricated two novel COVID-19 diagnostic tests. This need for a novel diagnostic test tool kit is to bridge […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A new mechanism to help scientists fight against COVID – 19 and find new treatments for the disease has been elaborated by a team of researchers at the University of Warwick. Movements in nearly 300 protein structures of the spike protein of the virus are simulated using computational modelling techniques, […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata The world has suffered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic since the beginning of 2020. Though scientists are working hard day and night to tackle the situation, it always seems like the virus has the upper hand. Recently, a shocking discovery was made that puzzled Researchers and Doctors from […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata With the coronavirus pandemic taking over the world, people being locked in their undergoing depression, medical practitioners prescribing Procaz, sounds pretty ok, except for the fact that it might turn fishes into zombies? Researchers have discovered that long-term exposure to the medication makes guppies act all the more indistinguishable. […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata The research, confirms findings that D614G — one of many mutations in the concerning variants that have emerged in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil — makes the coronavirus 8times more infectious. This novel coronavirus, D614G mutation in the spike protein renders it up to 8 times more infectious in […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata We are all aware of the deadly coronavirus that has continued to widen its domain of symptoms. Since the outbreak of the disease, unusual symptoms have come to the surface and wreak havoc in the public domain. Recently, a scientist stated that one of the unusual warning signs of […]
