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Sandipan Talukdar
Mars Round up: China’s Zhurong Rover Takes Selfie, NASA’s Ingenuity Chopper Kicks up Dust Clouds
19 Jun 2021
Zhurong has sent back a new set of images from Mars that included a selfie. It had sent its first images of Mars back in May after having landed a few days earlier.
Sandipan Talukdar
AstraZeneca Monoclonal Antibody Therapy Fails in Large Trial
17 Jun 2021
The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company had been conducting a trial to assess whether a therapy using a cocktail of two types of antibodies could prevent people – who had been exposed to the…
Sandipan Talukdar
Explainer: New Delta Plus Variant of SARS-CoV-2 and Causes of Concern
15 Jun 2021
One cause of concern about the variant, especially in the context of India, could be that evidence suggests that the variant is resistant to monoclonal antibodies.
Sandipan Talukdar
Experiment on Mosquitoes in Indonesia Reduces Dengue by 77%
14 Jun 2021
During the trial, the dengue-spreading mosquitoes were infected with a bacterium known as Wolbachia, which prevents the insects from being infected by the dengue virus.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: Can Mixing of Different Vaccines Boost Immune Responses?
11 Jun 2021
The success of a mixed vaccine programme holds particular importance for developing countries such as India, when vaccine supplies are limited and it might prove difficult for certain populations to…
Sandipan Talukdar
Approval of Alzheimer’s Drug by US Authority under Shadows of Doubt
08 Jun 2021
The FDA gave nod to the drug despite conflicting evidences from two large clinical trials about the ability of the drug to be marketed as ‘Aduhelm’.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID19: Secondary Infections Still a Big Challenge in India
08 Jun 2021
Mucormycosis is just one secondary infection, there are other fungal and bacterial infections , too, that could controlled with proper usage of antibiotics and steroids.
Sandipan Talukdar
NASA’s Perseverance Completes 100 Martian Days, China’s Zhurong Rover Lands Safely on Mars
04 Jun 2021
Perseverance aims to continue its scientific exploration on Mars for a whole Mars year, which is equivalent to 687 days on Earth.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: Vaccination Experiment in a Brazilian Town Reveals Surprising Results
02 Jun 2021
As part of the experiment, the vaccine known as CoronaVac, made by a Chinese company, was administered to almost all adult residents of Serrana.
Sandipan Talukdar
COVID-19: How Long Do Antibodies Against the Virus Last in our Bodies?
01 Jun 2021
A recent study hints that antibodies against the novel coronavirus may last for for even a lifetime in people who have recovered from the infection.