Centre has sent an advisory to states on HFMD (Hand Foot & Mouth Disease), commonly known as Tomato Flu, stating that it’s a self-limiting illness targeting mostly young children aged 1-10 years and immune-compromised adults and no specific drug exists to treat it. The advisory further mentioned that although the Tomato Flu virus […]
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INSACOG starts sewage water surveillance across 19 sites in 15 states to detect Sars-CoV-2
With a continuous decline in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) has started surveillance of sewage water at 19 different sites in 15 States to detect the presence of the Sars-CoV-2 virus. “Sewage water Surveillance started in India at 19 different sites in more than […]
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Damaged telomeres in elders might increase susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2: Study
According to a group of Italian and American researchers led by Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna, the expression of the cell receptor for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, ACE2 which is essential for mediating cell entry of the virus, increases in the lungs of ageing mice and humans. This research has been published […]
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Genome sequencing by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium progressively increased
The Central government on Monday refuted the allegation that genome sequencing by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) has declined sharply while adding that sample sequencing has progressively increased. According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there have been some media reports alleging that genome sequencing and analysis […]
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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variants
Recently a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study found that although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with the higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control group. The emergence and higher transmission of the evolving variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes […]
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Structural details of how SARS-CoV-2 variants escape immune response revealed
Fast-spreading variants of the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, carry mutations that enable the virus to escape some of the immune response created naturally or by vaccination. A new study by a team of researchers has revealed key details of how these escape mutations work. The scientists at Scripps Research, along with […]
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Study: Human lung, brain organoids respond differently to SARS-CoV-2
A clinical study led by researchers of the University of California claims to help explain the wide variety of COVID-19 symptoms and aid search for therapies for the deadly infection. The findings published in Stem Cell Reports show that the human lung and brain organoids respond differently to SARS-CoV-2 infection in lab tests. COVID-19, the disease caused by […]
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New study explains how SARS-CoV-2 may seize human cells
Another detailed study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science asserts that the SARS-CoV-2 virus not only targets to enter the human cells but begin to replicate and spread as well. The findings also highlight that the possibilities could potentially serve as targets for new therapies for patients with COVID-19, although […]
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Chinese and European variants of Sars-Cov-2 most prevalent in India
Two variants of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) virus from China and Europe are most prevalent, according to researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), who identified 198 variants of the Sars-CoV-2 virus in India. The most variants were found in Delhi, followed Gujarat, Telangana, Maharashtra and Karnataka. “Scientists and […]