Sagnik Nag , Amity University, Kolkata Currently, India as a developing nation with an average population of 1.34 billion, is fighting a battle against the lethal Coronavirus. Swift and agile efforts to mitigate the health effects of COVID-19 by the state and central governments are yielding some positive results. This pandemic has been a catastrophe […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The concept of herd immunity states that when a large part of a population in an area has developed immunity against a certain disease, the virus or bacteria causing the disease has a significantly lesser chance of spreading from one person to another in that area. As a result, the […]
Husna, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic which emerged as a global crisis in early 2020 has touched nearly every aspect of human lives including the working conditions at workplaces. Workers not only have a high risk of getting infected with COVID-19 but they are also exposed to different occupational safety and health (OSH) risks. […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone The Earth Day event was first held on 22nd April 1970 by Senator Gaylord Nelson and it turned into an environmental movement in 1990. Since then, it has been celebrated by over 192 countries every year. The event is conducted by Earthday.org. In 2020, Earth Day was celebrated virtually by over […]
Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Since the identification of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the spike protein of it has been a topic of great interest among researchers. These spike proteins are capable of infecting the host cells after their attachment to the ACE2 receptor binding domain. The new mutated strains have caused a huge amount of […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara The whole world is trembling again for the second wave of covid-19. In this critical situation, a bunch of new covid-related problems has cropped up. Undoubtedly, high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or ‘bad cholesterol and obesity are two intense risk factors of heart diseases and stroke. […]
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. […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University, Kolkata UC San Diego researchers have long studied neglected tropical diseases, which are chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect underprivileged communities in developing countries. They are referred to as “neglected” because pharmaceutical companies have little financial incentive to develop therapies for them. Chagas disease, the leading cause of heart […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata A memorandum of understanding (MOU) among Hokkaido University, Shionogi & Co. Ltd., Robotic Biology Institute Inc., and iLAC Co. Ltd., led to the setting up of an automated system for the study of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. The focus of the collaborative project is towards the establishment of an automated methodical […]
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. […]
