Vaishnavi Kardale, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University All over the world research is currently focused on the development of a drug that might help cure COVID19. At the moment we do not have any treatment for COVID19. Vaccines are the only way the chain of transmission can be broken. Throughout the pandemic, various drugs […]
Agrima Bhatt, Rajasthan University The history of human civilization has shown evidence in the recent past that pandemics are no longer a threat for the future, with much more accessibility to hosts and ease for transfer, pandemics are creating a travesty sooner rather than later. At the end of December 2019 was the onset of […]
Akshita Kumar, M.Sc. Biochemistry A recent study jointly conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology(NIV) detected the presence of antibodies against Nipah virus(NiV) in bats residing in a cave in Mahabaleshwar. The sole purpose of this study was to investigate the spread of the Nipah Virus in Indian […]
Madhavi Bhatia, NIPER Guwahati Coronavirus infection recovery provides a significant amount of immunity to individuals but there are some cases that have revealed that even after successfully recovering from COVID-19 infection there are chances of re-infection. This is mainly found to be due to mutation in the virus leading to different variants like alpha and […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University, Kolkata Severe respiratory disease coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) results in the extensively devastating disease, COVID-19, of the recent century. One of the unsolved scientific concerns around SARS-CoV-2 is the animal lineage of this virus. Bats and pangolins are acknowledged as considerably reasonable reservoir hosts that harbor the highly related SARS-CoV-2 related viruses. Identification […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata We are all well aware of the increasing number of deaths due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With over 3.42 million deaths recorded, the pandemic continues to impose risk on both the economic as well as healthcare sectors. COVID-19 or coronavirus is caused by SARS-CoV-2, which is an enveloped virus […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata On Wednesday, the ICMR issued an advisory for the use of a home testing kit for Covid-19. This home testing kit is the rapid antigen testing kit developed and validated by Mylab Discovery Solutions, named “Coviself Covid19 OTC Antigen LF device”. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has also […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Just a few months after the Covid-19 pandemic began, scientists were able to sequence the full genome of the SARS-CoV-2virus that had caused the infection. Most of its genes were already known then but the full complement of protein-coding genes remained unresolved. After performing an extensive comparative study, researchers […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata Meningitis is an inflammatory condition that affects the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites can all cause it. Bacterial meningitis is one of the most serious types, and it is a leading cause of death and disability in children all over the world. […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata Last month the city of Kolkata had reported a double mutant type B.1.617 strain of COVID19. Today, an indigenous triple mutant variety B.1.618 is identified. This strain, dubbed as the “Bengal strain” by Scientists, is much more infective compared to the previous ones and what is terrifying them more is […]
