Nandini Pharasi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology About EBV (Epstein-Barr virus) The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), commonly known as human herpesvirus 4, is a herpes virus that belongs to the herpes family. It’s one of the most prevalent viruses in humans. EBV is a virus that may be found all over the world. EBV infects the […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University Determination of the risk factors of COVID-19 has turned out to be crucial in analyzing the constant increase in the number of cases and the following deaths that occurred. Coping up with this disastrous pandemic, dyslipidemia (abnormal fat and lipid levels in blood) has turned out to be a common complication […]
Saptaparna Dasgupta, Bennett University SARS-CoV-2, a strain from the Coronavirus family, is responsible for the ongoing global pandemic of COVID-19, taking the lives of millions of people via an infectious respiratory illness. Several studies have been conducted on this virus to find target proteins responsible for the infection as a therapeutic. Thus, spike (S) protein […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow The SARS-CoV2 virus has been nothing less than devastating to the global population within the last 1 year. The associated COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019) is being the center of attention for scientists and doctors worldwide. It helps them understand the underlying pathophysiology so that they can work towards devising appropriate […]
Monika Raman, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore By introducing new mutants, SARS-CoV-2 brings a new global threat with every new day. This current pandemic situation is a race between implementing vaccinations and controlling newly emerging infectious variants of coronavirus. To fight this situation, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bengaluru has successfully developed a […]
Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University Many biochemical processes have been described for the detection of antigens. These processes have high specificity, have high reproducibility, and are trustworthy. Several new biochemical processes are being developed with even better sensitivity. However, the downside of biochemical processes is that they are slow and require specialized […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University, Noida COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of turmoil all around the world. According to WHO nearly 164 million people were infected worldwide out of which 3.4 million people lost their lives worldwide. Now, as we know COVID 19 is a respiratory disease caused by SARS-C0V-2 which belongs to the […]
Esha Mohite, MGM’s College of Engineering and Technology We all are well aware of the circumstances under which people all over the globe are living, since the last year. Covid-19 (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) has become a household name. The virus that previously was generally found in birds, bats, and cattle, has now taken […]
Anjali Kumari, IILM College of Engineering and Technology Longer gap (up to 45 weeks) between the Covid-19 vaccines may increase the immune response. According to a new study from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, it has been stated that a gap of up to 45 weeks between the first and second doses […]
Aqsa, Jamia Millia Islamia The Delta Strain: The world has witnessed various strains of the Covid-19 virus. These strains are the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta strains. These were previously known as the UK, South Africa, Brazilian, and Indian variants, respectively indicating the country of their origin. Among these, the delta variant is the deadliest mutation […]
