Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by researchers at UC San Diego can withstand the heat. What are their key ingredients? Plant or bacterial viruses. Vaccine technology: We are still in the early phases of developing the new refrigerator-free COVID-19 vaccine. Vaccine candidates stimulated the mice to produce high […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida The United States has developed a new CRISPR-Cas system that cuts RNA. It was discovered by the group led by Stan Brouns (Delft University of Technology). Scientists anticipate that the study, published in the August 26 issue of the journal Science, will open up a myriad of […]
Shreejita Bhowmick, Techno India University Introduction Pregnancy itself is a beautiful journey of a highly regulated cascade of events, ones which we generally relate with a woman. But what if this role is switched and the males are the ones giving birth?Nature always amuses us and in our surroundings, we can observe a few instances […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata, West Bengal A very rare and life-threatening autoimmune disease, Goodpasture syndrome (GPS) was discovered in 1919 by Dr. Ernest Goodpasture when he reported a case of bleeding in the lungs and glomerulonephritis during an influenza epidemic. Its rate of occurrence is 1 out of 1 million per year. This disorder […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury, MAKAUT, West Bengal Neutralizing antibodies are antibodies from the adaptive humoral immune system that neutralize a pathogen before entering our cells. And, they provide sterilizing immunity to our bodies by neutralizing the pathogen before infection. Production of these antibodies in our body happens naturally by our immune system. They are in charge […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida The extent to which Covid vaccinations can protect people who have organ transplants is yet unknown. Transplantation doctors have long feared that the Covid vaccinations aren’t providing enough protection to patients undergoing transplants. Few studies have suggested that even after being completely vaccinated with mRNA vaccines, which are believed […]
Srabani Roy Chowdhury (MAKAUT, WB) Plants possess many mechanisms to safeguard themselves from different pathogenic infections. There is a two-tiered system deployed by plants, as their defense response. They are- Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP) triggered immunity (also called PTI). It is considered to be a weak immune response, brought into action by plasma membrane-localized pattern […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia Cancer is a disease in which cells of the body grow abnormally and uncontrollably. Until now, there is still no permanent cure for cancer, but getting treatment for cancer might allow you to live for a certain period. Research for the cure of cancer has been underway for about 100 years […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University The COVID-19 vaccine has been created as an emergency vaccine, based on several strategies, such as mRNA vaccine, inactivated virus vaccine, etc. The other vaccines having cleared the clinical trials have passed on to the mass population vaccination drives, without any reported risk factors, yet. However, Johnson and Johnson’s COVID 19 […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Oxford University researchers have announced that volunteers have received the first HIV (Human immunodeficiency) vaccination to find an effective cure for the virus. It has been 40 years since an effective HIV vaccine has been discovered. Trials are underway to develop an effective vaccine against HIV. The […]
