PRAGYA SANTRA, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA A huge part of the population worldwide has been affected due to the deadly attack of the COVID19. As per close observations and studies, it is noted that the disease becomes fatal for few and mild for others. The spread of COVID-19 is a paradox of what causes the virus […]
Sashreek Ganguly, Amity University Kolkata There is enormous evidence that inhalation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) acts as a major transmission route for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It is quintessential to discuss the various routes of viral transmission and ensure efficiency and consistency in guidelines provided to the public. To do this, […]
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 […]
SAGNIK NAG, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Our immune system plays an imperative role in combating the uncertainties of COVID-19. The most concerning fact regarding the ailment is its alarming range of severity – from being asymptotic to completely fatal. Standing today we know all the precautions that are to be followed during this pandemic situation, we […]
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 […]
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 […]
SAMRAT SARKAR, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Where the entire world is trying to find a way out of this pandemic situation, Bharat Biotech with collaborated with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have gone for another massive bang on the pandemic by trying a new novel chimp-adenovirus, a single-dose intranasal vaccine for Covid-19 using […]
-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 […]
–Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata With the horror with which Covid-19 is spreading presently, the story of U.S President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Coronavirus was either engineered intentionally or was the result of a laboratory accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, has brought forward terror in the minds of people. According […]
–Biswadeep Sen, Amity University Kolkata Lung Cancer is one of the most malignant tumors, making patients more susceptible to infections than normal individuals. Lung Cancer patients are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection at a significantly higher rate than healthy individuals. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, acting as the COVID receptor, and the Transmembrane protease serine 2 acting as […]
