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New study decodes why Covid-19 lasts longer, causes more damage than typical pneumoniaInstead of rapidly infecting large regions of the lung, the coronavirus sets up shop in multiple small areas and hijacks the host's immune ...
- How coronavirus interacts with proteins in human cells decoded
According to researchers one of the most urgent tasks is to understand all the molecular interactions between the virus and the cells it in...
- ISRO's technology transfer policy to get renewed focus and thrust
The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency under the Department of Space (DOS) has come out with revised technology transfer policy guideline...
- Covid-19 virus may hijack our cells' cholesterol system to spread through body, says study
The study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 may use the cell's internal cholesterol mechanisms to enhance infection.
- Coronavirus, bacteria together can lead to severity in some Covid patients
The body's own microbiota may also be influential in the progression of lung diseases.
- Scientists publish microscopic images of coronavirus infected cells taken from respiratory tract
The generated high-powered microscopic images show a large number of the virus particles on human respiratory surfaces, ready to spread inf...
- Can you get Covid-19 infection through food? Study suggests taste bud cells are not coronavirus targets
Researchers also showed that other viruses that affect taste, including the flu virus.
- Odisha: Institute of Life Sciences establishes stable cultures of coronavirus
Seventeen virus cultures have been established from swab samples originating from different locations of the country with varying virus loa...
- Scientists identify drugs that may block coronavirus from jumping to uninfected cells
They said sometimes this hijacking interferes with the activity of the host's proteins and other important molecules such as enzymes, which...
- MMR vaccine might offer protection against worst COVID-19 complications, scientists say
Researchers said live attenuated vaccines, which are made using weakened strains of a disease-causing pathogen, provide nonspecific protect...
- 'Nanosponges' soak up harmful pathogens and toxins, neutralise coronavirus
These nanosponges are built with lung and immune cell membranes.
- 'How coronavirus enters cells decoded, may help develop new drugs'
According to the researchers, including those from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the US, understanding how the novel coronavir...
- Cocktail of antibodies may block coronavirus infection, shows study
The study, published in the journal Nature, noted that antibodies, produced by the immune system of recovered people, can neutralise the vi...
- Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres compares self-isolation with being in jail, gets fierce backlash
Recently Ellen was slammed for complaining of being bored in one of the videos she posted.
- Coronavirus hits IPO mart: Burger King shelves plan; Antony Waste withdraws issue
The mega IPO of SBI Card saw a listless listing at a 13 per cent discount to issue price of Rs 755.
- Solar microgrid - A game-changer for India's rural electrification and transformation
Solar micro-grid is an innovation that can power the remotest parts of India with clean energy that can now eradicate energy poverty.
- If Pakistan keeps supporting terrorism, it will self-implode: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, "Pakistan needs to take care of its own internal problems. If it keeps going on the path of supporting...
- New single-dose Ebola drug treatment developed
Thomas Geisbert from The University of Texas Medical Branch in the US said that previous therapeutics typically were of the "one bug, one ...
- TSAMRC hosting competition 'Tata Steel MaterialNEXT'
‘Tata Steel MaterialNEXT’ will be conducted in three phases with interactive mentoring sessions by industry specialists and professors who ...
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