Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Deterioration of the respiratory system mainly the lungs is prominent in SARS COVID-19. An active agent, a jelly-like substance was found in dead COVID 19 patients’ respiratory system. A novel fact is established by the researchers as they conducted an experiment comparing the diseased lung tissue of COVID patients and […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata The alarming hypothesis that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic to be around for several years calls for rapid and successful therapies. Though anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike monoclonal antibodies originated from mice have shown robust performance in various immunoassays including western blotting, ELISA, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation, there is still a […]
Anwita Sarkar, Team BioXone Based on what we know so far about the complications of COVID-19, it frequently involves complications that bear similarities to autoimmune disorders. Up to now, there are little reports on possible IgA mediated autoimmune responses. A study was conducted to determine the association of COVID-19 with vigorous total IgA responses. It […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata Severity and death from Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are associated with the older population; testing such vaccine candidates is important to prevent infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A phase 1, open-label trial with an escalated dose of messenger RNA vaccine, mRNA-1273, which encodes the stabilized prefusion […]
Debraj Ghosh, Undergraduate student of Medicinal Institute, People’s Friendship Institute of Russia, Moscow, Russia Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)(1) is the strain of coronavirus causes the respiratory illness responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a positive ssRNA(4) virus that is contagious to humans and is a successor to SARS-CoV-1 according to the U.S. National Institute of Health. The SARS-CoV-2 virion […]
Srilagna Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus disease 2019, was first identified in Wuhan where 27 patients cases reported of pneumonia of some unknown aetiology were linked with an open seafood market. Despite several measures, the virus spread rapidly and by 11 March 2020 WHO declared it as a global pandemic. In the majority of patients […]
-Ruchita Karmakar, Amity University Kolkata A research team led by Debojyoti Chakraborty and Souvik Maiti of CSIR and TATA group came up with a new test named FELUDA to detect COVID-19. It’s a paper test strip that gives a precise result within 30 minutes; Approved for commercial launch by the Drugs Controller General of India. […]
-Sashreek Ganguli, Amity University Kolkata The manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 on various body systems are being thoroughly studied in this global pandemic. Amidst all the other systems which the virus affects, the nervous system is frequently involved in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Neurological abnormalities were seen in 30% of hospitalized patients. It was discovered that certain […]
-Binayak Das, Team bioXone A team of scientists claims that Indians should be grateful to their genetics, which according to their study is a critical factor in having a comparatively lesser number of deaths from COVID-19 in their populations. They studied the complete DNA data of the ACE2 gene in the X chromosomes from different […]
-Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata It has been observed in the studies that when the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects – Heparin sulfate and ACE2 enter inside the cells. The course of viral entry and successful attachment is quite limpid. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptors are present on the outer surface of cells that line the lungs. SARS-CoV-2 […]
