Mahek Sharan, Institute of Applied Medicines and Research, Ghaziabad BIOXONE BIOSCIENCES SERIES – “Extraordinary Women in Biosciences”- Day 6 In the field of biosciences, Angela Hwang is a well-known name. She is the group president of leading America-based multinational biopharmaceutical company, Pfizer with a net worth of 1.6 million dollars. Going through her life, clearly shows […]
Ananya Ghosal, MAKAUT(WB) COVID-19 vaccine is still a dream for children under 12. Although children are not at risk of COVID-19 like adults, their reports are still positive. The delta variant and reopening of schools combined and resulted in a keen rise in pediatric COVID-19 cases that is related to the records in the pandemic. […]
Sneha Singhal, Jaypee Institute of information technology, Noida Pfizer Inc. and Merck & Co. in the race to find treatments for Covid-19 have joined a Japanese company in starting human trials for the first once-daily pill. Shionogi and Co., of Osaka, claimed that its pill would neutralize the Coronavirus in five days or less. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
Avani Dave, Jai Hind College A recent study conducted by Satveer Mahil et al., showcased in the current year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology, demonstrates that it is not the response of T-cell but that of the antibody to the first jab of the Pfizer […]
Madhavi Bhatia,NIPER Guwahati SARS-covid-19 is now well-known as a severe acute respiratory syndrome that has affected all parts of the world. It has caused almost 3.9 million deaths worldwide resulting in a global pandemic. To curb the disease, various drugs are approved and used worldwide. Today, immunization is considered a safe and effective tool to […]
Souhrid Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata What is COVID-19? Coronaviruses are a family of viruses that may cause mild to severe respiratory disorders including death. The term ‘Corona’ means crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus. Some of the examples of coronavirus are Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), and […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Amongst all the most awaited news, the updates on vaccination are the ones most wanted these days. People have finally become aware of the need for vaccination, and the number of anti-vaxxers has reduced. This has helped the medical community level up their reviews on saving lives, and information regarding […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Coronavirus became a household name, as the pandemic swept people off their feet, locking them in their houses, rendering them sick, leading to death on severe occasions. After months into the pandemic, in December 2020, the government of Israel approved the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccination and proclaimed a mass immunization […]
