Umesh Prasad

Umesh Prasad is founder editor of "Scientific European". He has a varied academic background in science and has worked as clinician and teacher in various capacities for many years. He is a multi-faceted person with a natural flair for communicating recent advancements and new ideas in science. Towards his mission to bring scientific research to the doorstep of common people in their native languages, he founded “Scientific European”, this novel multi-lingual, open access digital platform that enables non-English speakers to access and read the latest in science in their native languages as well, for easy comprehension, appreciation and inspiration.

Space Biomining: Inching Towards Human Settlements Beyond Earth

The findings of the BioRock experiment indicate that bacterial supported mining can be carried out in the space. Following the success of BioRock study, the  BioAsteroid experiment is currently underway...

Human Proteome Project (HPP): Blueprint Covering 90.4% of the Human Proteome Released

Human Proteome Project (HPP) was launched in 2010 after successful completion of Human Genome Project (HGP) to identify, characterise and map human proteome (the...

COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine: A Milestone in Science and a Game Changer in Medicine

Viral proteins are administered as antigen in the form of a vaccine and the immune system of the body forms antibodies against the given...

Understanding Life-threatening COVID-19 Pneumonia

What causes severe COVID-19 symptoms? Evidences suggest inborn errors of type I Interferon immunity and autoantibodies against type I Interferon are causal for critical...

COVID-19: ‘Neutralising Antibody’ Trials Begins in the UK

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) has announced neutralising antibody trial against COVID-19. The announcement on 25 December 2020 says ‘’UCLH doses first patient in...

New Strains of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus responsible for COVID-19): Could ‘Neutralising Antibodies’ Approach be Answer to Rapid Mutation?

Several new strains of the virus have emerged since the pandemic began. New variants were reported as early as February 2020. The current variant...

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