Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Amongst so many vaccine options recently developed in different parts of the world, Sputnik V has proven to be a great candidate due to a lot of factors. Firstly, is its high efficacy of about 92% against the coronavirus disease caused by the SARS-CoV2 viral strains. Also known as […]
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 […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone The International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated on the 20th of May each year to commemorate the enormous contributions of clinical trials and their participants to the various fields of science. The purpose of celebrating this day is to let people know about the importance of clinical trials and spread the […]
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 […]
Team BioXone Covid-19 continues to spread globally like wildfire. The vaccine in development is the only hope for prevention and containment. Every capable country is into investing millions to fast track development of vaccines, telescoping the duration of clinical trials from years to months. Russia launched its home-brewed vaccine – SPUTNIK V, in August, based […]
–Shrestha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata The premier batch of the ‘Gam-COVID-Vac’ [Sputnik V] immunization for the prevention of novel Coronavirus, created by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, has finished the vital quality assessments in the labs of Roszdravnadzor. Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko had […]
