Molnupiravir- A promising drug against SARS-CoV-2?

The Covid-19 pandemic has seen its shares of efforts by the research community to weaken the spread of the virus. Researchers have worked tirelessly to produce vaccines that could help enervate the spread. As much advancement that occurred in vaccine development was noted, the same could not be mentioned in the drug development sector. In […]

DOES VACCINATION SHOW PROMISE AGAINST VARIANTS?

SARS- CoV-2 has wreaked havoc all around the world with the pandemic taking lives of over 4.5 million people around the globe. Symptoms vary from common fever to aggravated pneumonia-like symptoms. The single stranded RNA virus has spike proteins that attach to the cells with ACE-2 receptors and the genetic material is endocytosed. The virus […]

THE SERENDIPITOUS WEEKEND

February appeared to be uneventful apart from a movie bonanza gifted by my roommates after a weary week. After the movie, I received a horde of messages congratulating me, but I did not have a clue what it was about. I called a friend who informed me of my selection through JNCASR- Summer Research Fellowship […]

USING p53 BLOCKS MEVALONATE PATHWAY AND SUPPRESSES TUMORIGENESIS

Researchers from the United States in association with Germany have recently come across an astonishing discovery that could aid the treatment of tumor suppression. Researchers at Columbia University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer center discovered that the tumor suppressor protein p53 blocks the mevalonate pathway responsible for synthesis of cholesterol and isoprenoid compounds. This in […]

MY TAKE ON GENE EDITING

When I first came across this article, I was intrigued. Not because I am a science student, but as a person who was taken aback solely due to the fact that the scientist bravely let the cat the out of the bag. The scientist, He Jiankui from Southern University of science and technology, China who […]

The Journey Begins

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