Sumedha Guha, Techno India University The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) towards the latter part of 2019 had brought mankind to a screeching halt for some time. The global pandemic that followed in its wake is something that every nation of the world is still grappling hard to recover from. […]
Parnad Basu, Amity University Kolkata PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) is a technique used to amplify small segments of any DNA. In conventional PCR, DNA libraries suffer from template mispairing. This ultimately leads to the obvious loss of unique sequences. To be more efficient, ePCR (emulsion Polymerase Chain Reaction) can be used as it has a […]
Sayanti Pal, Amity University Kolkata Until the 1980s most of the researchers used to believe that no detectable genetic material is preserved in archaeological remains due to the rapid decay of bio-organic molecules. The invention of different molecular techniques made possible the detection and characterization of organic compounds present in archaeological remains. Reading the DNA sequence of […]
Aishila Kar, Amity University Kolkata Malaria is the deadliest vector-borne disease worldwide with an average of 228 million cases, and 405,000 deaths in 2018, mainly in the African Region (93%), and the South-East Asia Region (3.4%). In Laos, the malaria burden remains despite a significant reduction of cases during the last decade. In the condition […]
–Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata With the recent outbreak of the coronavirus and the rapid spread of the infection, the importance of quicker and more accurate tests are in demand. These tests should not just include the diagnosis of the coronavirus disease but also the identification of different strains of the virus for its detailed […]
