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Umesh Prasad

Science journalist | Founder editor, Scientific European magazine
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COVID-19 and Darwin’s Natural Selection among Humans

With the advent of COVID-19, there seems to be a negative selection pressure working against those who may be genetically or otherwise (due to...

Nitric Oxide (NO): A New Weapon in Fight against COVID-19

Findings from recently concluded phase 2 clinical trials in Canada and the UK suggest nitric oxide (NO) could be very helpful in preventing and...

Mars 2020 Mission: Perseverance Rover Successfully Lands on the Mars Surface

Launched on 30th July 2020, Perseverance rover has successfully landed on the Mars surface at Jezero Crater on 18th February 2021, after travelling almost seven months from...

Space Weather, Solar Wind Disturbances and Radio Bursts

Solar wind, the stream of electrically charged particles emanating from the outer atmospheric layer corona of Sun, poses threat to life form and electrical...

Burden of Disease: How COVID-19 has Affected Life Expectancy

In countries like UK, USA and Italy which are badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the life expectancy has reduced by at least 1.2-1.3 years. Diseases...

Genetics of COVID-19: Why Some People Develop Severe Symptoms

Advanced age and comorbidities are known to be high risk factors for COVID-19. Does genetic make-up predispose some people making them more susceptible to...

Thapsigargin (TG): A Potential Anti-cancer and Broad-spectrum Anti-viral Agent That May be Effective Against SARS-CoV-2

The plant derived agent, Thapsigargin (TG) has been used in traditional medicine for long time. TG has shown promises as a potential anti-cancer drug because of its...

Dentistry: Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) Prevents and Treats Early Phases of COVID-19

Povidone Iodine (PVP-I) can be used in the form of mouthwash and nasal spray (especially in Dental and ENT settings) to prevent the spread...

Types of COVID-19 Vaccines in Vogue: Could There be Something Amiss?

In the practice of medicine, one generally prefers time tested proven path while treating and trying to prevent diseases. An innovation is usually expected...

Galápagos Islands: What Sustains its Rich Ecosystem?

Situated about 600 miles west of coast of Ecuador in Pacific Ocean, Galápagos volcanic islands are known for its rich ecosystems and endemic animal...

DNA Vaccine Against SARS-COV-2: A Brief Update

A plasmid DNA vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 has been found to induce immunity in animal trials. Few other DNA based vaccine candidates are at early stages of...

Gravitational-wave Background (GWB): A Breakthrough in Direct Detection

Gravitational wave was directly detected for the first time in 2015 after a century of its prediction by Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity in 1916....

The Fireworks Galaxy, NGC 6946: What Make this Galaxy so Special?

NASA recently released the spectacular bright image of the firework galaxy NGC 6946 taken earlier by Hubble space telescope (1)   A galaxy is a system...

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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Second malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M recommended by WHO

A new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M has been recommended by the...

Chemistry Nobel Prize 2023 for the discovery and synthesis of Quantum dots  

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded...

Antimatter is influenced by gravity in the same way as matter 

Matter is subject to gravitational attraction. Einstein’s general relativity...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission brings sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth  

NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, launched seven...

First Detection of Oxygen 28 & Standard shell-model of nuclear structure   

Oxygen-28 (28O), the heaviest rare isotope of oxygen has...

Kākāpō Parrot: Genomic sequencing benefits Conservation programme

Kākāpō parrot (also known as “owl parrot” because of...

Lunar Race 2.0: What drive renewed interests in moon missions?  

 Between 1958 and 1978, USA and former USSR sent...

Lunar Race: India’s Chandrayaan 3 achieves Soft-landing capability  

India’s lunar lander Vikram (with rover Pragyan) of Chandrayaan-3...

Wearable device communicates with biological systems to control gene expression 

Wearable devices have become prevalent and are increasingly gaining...