Why in News?: High Vitamin D levels reduce the risk of coronavirus infection, and administration of the vitamin in the infected patients considerably reduce mortality.This was found in a study…
Tag: CORONAVIRUS
SARS-CoV and COVID 19
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a highly diverse family of enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses.The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a new viral infection caused by the severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).…
Gene Editing and CRISPR/Cas9
French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing a method of gene editing likened to “molecular scissors”, known as the…
Vitamin C,D and E
Vitamin C The best-defined function of vitamin C is its role in the synthesis of collagen, the principal connective tissue protein found in tendons, arteries, bone, skin, and muscle. Vitamin…
Immunity and it’s types
Immunity is derived from Latin word “immunis” which means free from burden. In this case burden refers to disease caused by microorganisms or their toxic products. Therefore Immunity is defined…
Vaccine and it’s types
Vaccine and its types A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a…
Dexamethasone
Dexamethasone is a synthetic steroid - a medicine that reduces inflammation by mimicking anti-inflammatory hormones produced by the body. How does it work? Dexamethasone is a synthetic (man-made) corticosteroid. Corticosteroids…
What are ‘Social Bubbles’?
Social Bubbles are small groups of close contacts made up of friends and family may be the best way to keep COVID-19 contained when a lockdown is lifted. According to…
What is DSR(Direct Seeding of Rice)?
Owing to exodus of migrant labourers amid the ongoing lockdown, and Covid-19 situation, farmers in Punjab seem to be preparing for direct seeding of rice (DSR) this khairf season, moving…
Global Vaccine Summit
The Global Vaccine Summit, hosted by the UK, raises US$ 8.8 billion to immunise 300m children and support the global fight against COVID-19. The UK government hosted the Global Vaccine…