Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Identification of antigen is a major step for the development of the vaccine. Artificial intelligence including deep learning systems is useful for identifying vaccine targets utilizing genomic and proteomic information. An artificial intelligence-based platform was developed by the researchers of Amity University, Noida, and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA. […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Delta variant has been a recent SARS-CoV-2 strain that is building serious concern among researchers. The COVID-19 disease has proven deadly with newer strains evolving from various regions globally. A lot of research went onto developing vaccines that work against various SARS-CoV-2 strains. The newly evolved strains tend to […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The present COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of the world and its inhabitants. However, depending on our status as individuals as well as members of society, the pandemic’s impact and repercussions were perceived at different scales. While some people are starting to adjust to working online, online education and schooling for […]
Kanikah Mehndiratta, MSc, University of Glasgow Flavivirus is a genus category that includes many emerging infectious arboviruses. Use of vaccines can potentially save many lives when an individual is exposed to a flavivirus. But the diversity of pathogens can act as a major challenge against the use of vaccines or development of new vaccines to […]
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 […]
Varuni Ankolekar, Quartesian Some days back, Uttar Pradesh had recorded a few Covid positive cases, affected by one of the obscure variants of SARS-CoV-2, named the Kappa variant. The investigations were carried out at King George’s medical college in Lucknow. DNA sequencing results of 109 positive tested samples showed that two tested positive cases were […]
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 […]
Sribas Chowdhury, Adamas University, Kolkata Malaria is not something unknown to us. Occurring when an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, it accounts for over 400,000 deaths every year. The onset occurs when the parasite Plasmodium enters the human bloodstream and infects the liver cells and finally, the red blood cells. While vaccines are […]
Soumya Shraddhya Paul, Amity University Noida On Saturday, WHO official Alfred Ki-Zerbo declared the end of the current Ebola epidemic. After Guinea defeated the second Ebola outbreak that erupted in the West African states on February 14th, 2021 which infected around 16 people and claimed the life of 12, the second wave is reported to […]
Priasha Dutta, Amity University Kolkata The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is currently raging across our country, and in its most lethal form by far. While scientists are still carrying out extensive research for a permanent one-size-fits-all cure, there are other forms of treatment and prevention strategies. They include vaccine development, designing of macromolecular neutralizing antibodies, and […]
