Debarati Basu, Makaut WB Vaccines derived from mRNA have greater versatility and efficacy for preventing Covid-19 infections. An effective alternative is DNA vaccines. It is used as it can induce humoral and cellular immune responses in animal models. They can also be utilized in human trials. The efficacy and immunogenicity of DNA-based vaccines were tested. […]
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. […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Viromics or viral metagenomics techniques have led to the characterization of many new plant viruses. This has been broadening our understanding of the evolution and ecology of plant viruses in nature. Generally, the knowledge regarding citrus viruses has been highly inclined towards virus pathology in cultivated orchards. Recently, scientists have […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata Virologists have infected many miniature organs with SARS-CoV-2, to learn how the virus wreaks havoc and the means to prevent it. Chen, a stem-cell biologist at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, and her team had nurtured them from clumps of human cells, adding nutrients every occasional day as […]
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SAGNIK NAG, Amity University, Kolkata SARS-CoV-2 is a type of RNA virus, which can develop mutations by three different ways: by making mistake from copying errors during viral replication, through interactions with other viruses infecting the same cell i.e. recombination, or they can be also induced by host RNA modification systems which are part of […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Researchers in Japan and Cambodia have discovered coronaviruses which is similar to COVID-19. These are the first known relatives of SARS-Cov-2 to be found outside China and to be originated from horseshoe bats or Rhinolophus bats. It is still unknown if COVID-19 was transferred directly from bats to people or […]
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Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata According to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered a deadly virus, named Chapare virus that caused more than five infections near Bolivia’s capital city, La Paz, out of which three are fatal. The researchers attested that the […]
Sumedha Guha, Techno India University In a recent study conducted on lung samples obtained from 79 patients who died of COVID-19, researchers from the Far Eastern Federal University in Russia discovered the SARS-CoV-2 virus can not only damage red blood cells (RBCs) but also prevent the new formation of key red blood cells (namely, Erythrocytes). […]
