Plant biologist Shyam Kumar Masakapalli of School of Basic Science at IIT Mandi has been studying rare as well as endangered plants found in the Himalayas along with his team since 2019. Coronavirus study: Potential treatment for COVID-19? Biologists at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi have said that they have found a Himalayan flowering tree … Read more
Higher antibody levels over a period of time were also associated with persistent symptoms People with severe or long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms are more likely to develop high antibody levels needed to fight future infections, a new Rutgers University study has found. The paper, published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, was part of the larger Rutgers … Read more
New test for severity of Covid-19 symptoms Researchers have come up with a blood test that can tell which people are likely to be symptomatic if they get Covid-19 infection, which would help health care workers prioritise patients for hospitalisation and intensive care. The study is currently there in the American Chemical Society’s journal Analytics … Read more
Around 16,000 fully vaccinated healthcare workers participated in the study who received both the first and second dose of the vaccine between January and May this year. According to the evidence-based study released by Fortis Healthcare, 92 per cent of fully vaccinated healthcare workers, including those who contracted infection post-vaccination, showed only mild COVID related … Read more
The results showed that the SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19 causing virus) was able to infect the human kidney cells as well as replicate. Getting infected with Coronavirus not only impacts your lungs and heart but kidney cells can also be impacted in a way. In a latest study published in the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), researchers … Read more
Wherever the sero-positivity rate was high in Pune, the incidence rate has fallen sharply. (Representattive Image, IE) Close to 85% of the Pune population has developed immunity from Covid-19! A first-of-its-kind study conducted on an Indian city has concluded that majority of the population who had developed antibodies found in a sero survey conducted earlier … Read more
The findings, which are published on Friday in the ‘British Medical Journal’, also identify new symptoms of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) a rare condition thought to be linked to COVID-19. Children and teenagers are less likely than adults to develop severe COVID-19 or die from the disease, according to a new UK study, … Read more
In ARDS, the study noted that the leaky blood vessels in the lungs flood the organ with fluid and make it stiff, impairing oxygenation. COVID-19 is causing significant dilation of the blood vessels of the lungs, contributing to the very low oxygen levels seen in patients with respiratory failure, according to a new research that … Read more