Devyani Goswami, Amity University Kolkata Nanette Cocero, global president, vaccines, of Pfizer announced that their tick-borne encephalitis vaccine (TBE) has been approved for a priority review from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Once approved the vaccine promises to cure tick-borne encephalitis epidemics all across the US. The vaccine has to be subjected twice […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta The fractions of plastic debris that are less than 5 mm in the largest dimension or diameter are commonly referred to as microplastics. Microscopic plastic debris mainly results from the fragmentation of larger plastic debris that enters rivers and eventually reaches the oceans. Recent literature indicates that microplastic debris is […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA Animal-based meat production has grown over the years to meet the demand for cost-effective and appetizing food. However, this treat is accompanied by unnoticed consequences for human health, the environment, and the animals involved. Focusing on the rise in global meat demand, researchers, and entrepreneurs are focusing on plant-based approaches […]
Camelia Bhattacharyya, Amity University Kolkata Breast cancer, a term which scares most women, a type of cancer which changes the life of a patient even those who are survivors, is a much-studied and researched topic around the globe. The early symptoms might include the appearance of a lump at any portion of the breast, blood […]
DEEPON CHAKRABORTY, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA Interpretation of a large number of genetic variants identified from sequencing is one of the breakthroughs of clinical genetics. It is also termed as genetic screening. The main challenge is the identification of the effect of amino acid substituting missense variation on protein structure and function. Its several applications are […]
Jayateerth S. Bhavikatti, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India There have been so many things discovered till date in this universe, nevertheless, there are too many discoveries to happen. Cheers to the discoverers! They spend their life helping people. Here is one such discovery. So far, three pairs of salivary glands were studied in humans. Researches […]
Srilagna Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata Researchers from various sectors have started shifting to renewable energy resources from conventional fossil fuels due to their high consumption percentage. As we know the bio-origin materials are capable of producing a variety of energy resources like Biofuels through many conversion routes like bio & thermochemical and also direct combustion […]
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Fetus in fetu (FIF) has been defined as the presence of one of the twins in the body of the other. It is a condition in which malformed and parasitic fetus is located in the body of the normal fetus. It is very difficult for the radiologist to […]
Sampriti Roy, Asutosh College (University of Calcutta) When speaking of cell mechanisms, there are still a large number of the same that remain largely unknown. From understanding viral pathogenesis to antiviral therapeutics development – the identification of viral mechanisms and understanding how the virus defends itself is crucial. This is the case particularly for those […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata After the recovery of President Donald Trump from Covid-19 using a similar therapy as of the antibody medicine from AstraZeneca Plc, the company has started its late-stage trials for the same against COVID-19. The medicine will undergo two trials on more than 60000 people starting soon. Astra has also planned […]
