Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata COVID-19 has presented various contradictions that may provide clues to control the pandemic, even before a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available. A study conducted recently by a group of researchers has shown that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is theoretically capable of protecting against COVID-19. Mumps IgG titers or antibody levels […]
Sampriti Roy, University of Calcutta Since the dawn of a global pandemic this year, infectious diseases have been a popular topic of discussion and research. With infectious diseases being a threat to the global economy and public health, and with ARBs or antimicrobial resistance bacteria on the rise, the world is in need of progress […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable, communicable disease caused by hepatitis A virus mainly associated with liver infection. It is generally spread through contaminated food and water mostly when handled by the infectious person. Symptoms vary from minimal illness to severe sickness leading to hospitalization which might endure for several months. […]
Thota Kanishka Rao, Amity University Kolkata Cancer, one of the deadliest diseases, is characterized by abnormal cell growth with it’s potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Despite the therapeutic advances in treating cancer, it is still the major cause of death in developing countries. Chemotherapeutic resistance remains the main characteristic […]
Prama Ghosh, Amity University Kolkata A study carried out at Houston Methodist Hospital and UT Austin involving around 5000 COVID-19 patients found that genetic mutations are getting accumulated in the causative virus which is making it more contagious. Located in the spike protein, the mutation is called D614G according to the peer-reviewed journal Ambio. Random genetic […]
Soumya Sarathi Ganguly, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur There is a dire need for animal models in which vaccines against coronavirus disease or therapeutics can be tested. Besides, to understand the molecular mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis. Several animal models, like cats, ferrets, hamsters, and monkeys are susceptible, but there are a few challenges […]
Ayushman Kumar Banerjee With over 43 million COVID-19 cases having surfaced and more than 1.1 million deaths, researchers are relentlessly working round the clock to develop vaccines against the virus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19. This has led to a race for a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, and in this race, Moderna has devised […]
Sampriti Roy, Asutosh College, University of Calcutta SARS-CoV-2, the talk of the town (read “world”), still lacks information related to its origin and exact mechanism. The virus, found to cause DAD (diffuse alveolar damage), leads to respiratory failure which appears to be the common mechanism of death in patients with severe COVID-19 infection. However, with […]
Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta An American biotechnology company ‘Moderna’, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts focuses on the discovery and development of drugs in addition to vaccine technologies. They exclusively use messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and designs vaccines to create a completely new generation of transformative medicines. Against COVID-19, Moderna has developed its mRNA vaccine candidate […]
PRIYANKA CHAKRABORTY, AMITY UNIVERSITY KOLKATA Recently, researchers from various universities in Spain hypothesized that serum zinc level had a particular influence on COVID-19 patients, further stating it as a useful biomarker in predicting COVID-19 in its’ early stage. In an observational study of 249 COVID-19 patients to identify the severity of the disease and to […]
