Coronavirus

Jan 03, 2022

An antibody is a protein produced by the immune system in response to an infection in the body. Whereas, a monoclonal antibody is a molecule produced in a laboratory specifically designed to enhance the body’s natural immune system response against an invader, such as cancer or an infection. Monoclonal antibodies h...

Jul 07, 2021

The uncontrolled outbreaks of Covid-19 have brought unprecedented challenges to the world community. It has created an imbalance in mental, social, and economic well-being. Apart from this, it has changed the overall way of living and has created fear and anxiety among people. Countries are experiencing peaks, one ...

Jul 29, 2020

India registered its first COVID-19 case on 30-January-2020 in Kerala. The cases since then are on a continuous rise. The Government of India in order to contain the spread of novel coronavirus rolled out several guidelines and precautionary measures. The situation worldwide was so serious that the whole nation was...

Jul 08, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic has infected over 10 million people worldwide with over half a million casualties. The lock-down and other restriction measures such as social distancing have somehow slowed down the virus spread initially. But these steps have caused many serious humanitarian and economic consequences. Countri...

Jun 16, 2020

The US FDA nullified the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) granted to chloroquine phosphate and hydroxychloroquine sulfate to treat COVID-19. The regulatory authority had granted the EUA to malarial drugs to be used in hospitalized COVID-19 patients only when a clinical trial was unavailable, or participation in...

May 20, 2020

COVID-19 is here and is not vanishing anytime soon from our lives as suggested by health bodies, scientists, and researchers. It’s almost been six months since the outbreak occurred in China last year, and countries are still figuring out various ways to overcome its transmission. Though the countries around the wo...

May 06, 2020

The Worldwide situation due to novel coronavirus since its outbreak in china is getting worse with each passing day. To flatten the curve, countries around the world have adopted various unprecedented measures.  The shutdown and social distancing have slowed down the rate of infection to a larger extent but...

Apr 28, 2020

Merck has collaborated with the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) to further study novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The primary goal of the collaboration will be to investigate the molecular pathway of SARS-CoV-2 and aetiology of COVID-19 with the intent of finding an effective and standard treatm...

Apr 22, 2020

Novel coronavirus outbreak has created some unprecedented situations in several domains round the World. No vertical is left untouched as the economy tumbles down impacting the human race. Goals of the several industries such as tourism and hospitality that are hit hard, have shifted as they find new ways to create...

Apr 20, 2020

Research says copper disintegrates novel coronavirus – SARS-CoV-2- the moment it lands on the metal. The global coronavirus pandemic has made everyone around cautious of hygiene and cleanliness. The transmission of microbes through droplets, touching, sneezing has brought a wave face masks, 20-seconds hand wash,...