-Anwesha Chatterjee, Amity University Kolkata The novel coronavirus is spreading rapidly throughout the world. It is impossible to restrict the spread of the SARS-CoV-2. A huge proportion of the population across the world got infected and showed the most common to mild to serious symptoms (fever, dry cough, respiratory problems, conjunctivitis, aches, pains, rashes, and many more) along with the high […]
–PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA The foundation for the quest in vaccine discovery lies in antibodies and its immune response. Immunoglobulins (minute proteins) are the sole defenders against invading pathogens. Therefore, the detailed study of the immune system is a fascination around the globe. Recently, Dr. Josef Penninger’s group at IMBA and UBC were amazed […]
-Binayak Das,Team bioXone A team of scientists has successfully isolated what they believe to be, as being the smallest biological molecule found till date, it being approximately one-tenth the size of an average antibody molecule. They have designed a therapeutic and pre-emptive drug called- Ab8 using it, which they propose will be able to not […]
– Husna, Amity University Kolkata Recently, as the world is implementing re-opening plans during the COVID-19 pandemic, infrared contact-free temperature assessment devices are being used at entry points to identify and screen out feverish individuals who may carry the coronavirus. But even when the devices are used properly, temperature assessment may have a limited impact […]
–Rishav Chakraborty, Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata The SARS-COV infection occurred first in 2003-2004. The infection is believed to be contracted from animals including monkeys, Himalayan palm civets, cats, dogs, and rodents. Clinical manifestation including myalgia, headache, sore throat, and fever followed by severe respiratory distress. The virus binds with the ACE-2 (Angiotensinogen Converting Enzyme) […]
–Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study by the University of Bristol describes a newfound mechanism of learning in the brain which stabilizes memories and decreases impedance between them. Memories are created by excitatory connections between the nerve cells in the hypothalamus of the brain – a region crucial for the formation of memories. Inhibitory […]
-Mayukh Sinha, Amity University Kolkata The COVID-19 pandemic is the trending matter of concern. In addition to that, the post-recovery health of COVID-19 patients has imposed a threat as well. It has been reported that a 33-year-old Chinese man caught his second infection. It simply posed a doubt on the human immune system’s ability 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. The coronavirus came into view in Wuhan, a city of 10.9 million people in China’s Hubei zone’19. The highly contagious novel SARS-COV-2 virus not only affected the medical […]
–Shrayana Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A statement by the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) earlier stated that there was a comparatively higher risk of asymptomatic people being infected by COVID, which raised the number of people screened for COVID to a high level. Thousands of asymptomatic people flooded testing centers, resulting in […]
–Purbieta Nandy, Amity University Kolkata The Covid-19 pandemic has placed new urgency on examining the mechanisms influencing the spread of the virus. With each passing day, new techniques combating SARS-CoV-2 are coming up; One of those mechanisms is Viral Interference-phenomenon in which infection with one virus promotes resistance to other viruses. During the 2009 pandemic […]
