Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Along with masks and online meetings, what has been unanimous for all age groups and professions since the beginning of the pandemic or the new normal is ‘struggle.’ The mental and physical struggles in this pandemic have been one of a kind and massive in proportions. But one of the […]
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Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata Sanitizers play an important role in this era of controlling COVID infection. It is well known that the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly recommend the use of alcohol-based sanitizers for prevention against SARS-CoV-2. However, scientists at Brigham Young University […]
Sayak Banerjee. Amity University Kolkata Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) discovered that other than immune cells, neutrophils also might play a major role in defense against infection, through a new drug delivery technology. Neutrophils are the most common type of white blood cells (WBCs) that lead the body’s immune system response. They established a […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata The nationwide “Innovate2BeatCOVID” Grand Challenge has been won by three innovative ‘Ventilators and other respiratory Solutions’. This event was conducted by Marico innovation Foundation (MIF) and has awarded 85 lakhs in grants to the winners. These devices, made in India are affordable, disruptive and easily accessible. The use of best-in-class […]
Akash Pramamik,D.Y Patil Medical College, Kolhapur The past experiences have shown that the development of a vaccine is a long process and studies are done in sequential steps. Due to the recent outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the government along with the pharmaceutical companies are gearing up to develop a vaccine as soon as possible. […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Another threat to human civilization apart from the current COVID-19 situation is the growing risk of antibiotic-resistant bacteria due to overuse and un-prescribed consumption of antibiotics. An annual death of more than 2 million all across the globe made researchers find out a solution on how to control this risk. […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Chemical compounds in some food or beverages, like green tea, muscadine grapes, and dark chocolate have been known to bind to and block the function of a protease, in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to researchers. Proteases are essential to the health and viability of cells and viruses. On the […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata A pregnant Singaporean woman, infected by the coronavirus gave birth to a baby with antibodies against the virus, giving insight to the fact if the virus can be transformed from mother to child. The women’s doctors suspect that the mother, who got infected by the by the virus during […]
RUCHITA KARMAKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) agreed a dry swab-direct RT-PCR testing method for the COVID-19 virus which is presently developed by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). This new method of dry swab-direct test aimed at ascending the test by atleast two to three folds with no […]
