Author: Shreya Giri
Biologists have designed a synthetic antitoxin antibody that can neutralize the lethal toxins secreted by different snakes.The study, which was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, drew on the strategy of creating the monoclonal antibody used to detect venom-neutralising antibodies in HIV and COVID-19 patients. “This is the first attempt to use this strategy […]
Canadian scientists are worried about a disease called chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as “zombie deer disease,” spreading to humans. Lethal infection a deadly neurological condition, which hardly leaves any animal to live . The invading virus to the wild deer populations in the US is expanding at a speedy rate. And the affected […]
There’s a worry about Indians falling ill with respiratory diseases in India, especially from a type of flu called Influenza A (H1N1). Going by the most recent data from the NCDC, there are increasing cases of Influenza A (H1N1) in states like Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Few […]
