Sumedha Guha, Techno India University In a recent study conducted on lung samples obtained from 79 patients who died of COVID-19, researchers from the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia discovered the SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage red blood cells (RBCs) but also prevent the new formation of key red blood cells (namely, Erythrocytes). […]
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Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study carried out at Houston Methodist Hospital and UT Austin involving around 5000 COVID-19 patients found that genetic mutations are getting accumulated in the causative virus which is making it more contagious. Located in the spike protein, the mutation is called D614G according to the peer-reviewed journal Ambio. Random genetic […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Several months into the pandemic and the coronavirus is not only reaching into remote areas but also to regions that had previously been battered by the virus. This has led to a recent rise in the number of cases in the U.S. The last seven-day average for new cases is […]
Sayak Biswas, Amity University Kolkata When we first of think of SARS-CoV-2, the first thing that comes to our mind is the pandemic and the complications caused due to the virus. SARS-CoV-2 is a novel virus and not much is known about its nature, despite the pandemic being in our lives now for close to […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata The emergence of an exceedingly pathogenic human Coronavirus in the Middle East has sparked novel concern in human coronaviruses around the world. Standing today we know all the precautions that are to be followed during this pandemic situation. The general symptoms about the outbreak of the Covid -19, but the […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta As we are getting closer to the COVID-19 vaccine, it is exciting to think of the day when the virus will be gone. But, the COVID-19 vaccine will not be the magic bullet considering its efficacy and the challenges currently being faced in these efficacy studies. Efficacy of a vaccine […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) towards the latter part of 2019 had brought mankind to a screeching halt for some time. The global pandemic that followed in its wake is something that every nation of the world is still grappling hard to recover from. […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta When an obvious cause of the disease is not present, a doctor takes into account the patient’s medical history, age, symptoms, test results and overall health to figure out what is wrong. By doing this and thus correlating different factors, they figure out what is most likely the issue. This […]
Poushalee Dey, Presidency University, Kolkata Zinc is one of the most important essential trace minerals in the human body. Its deficiency causes hypozincemia. Previously, some studies reported the positive effects of zinc and selenium supplements in the prevention and treatment of viral infections. A recent study evaluated the hypothesis of zinc and selenium deficiency in […]
