COVID-19 has caused disruption, damage and death at an unprecedented scale. Knowledge about this disease is constantly evolving. The mode of transmission is believed to be primarily through droplet spread during face to face contact. In addition to the classical symptoms of fever, fatigue and breathlessness, loss of sense of smell and taste, skin manifestations […]

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 has become a global pandemic requiring the development of interventions for the prevention or treatment to curtail mortality and morbidity. No vaccine to boost mucosal immunity, or as a therapeutic, has yet been developed to SARS-CoV-2. In this study, we discover and characterize a cross-reactive human IgA monoclonal antibody, MAb362. MAb362 […]

August 3, 2020 Drugs for cure when someone have sick. A recent study published supports the use of tetracycline as an immunomodulatory drug for COVID-19. These drugs have an anti-inflammatory effect and a broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. These drugs have been very useful in treating HIV and malaria. Their ability to suppress the proliferation of T […]

COVID SO WHAT ? Compiled by Dr. Narendra Malhotra It is now clear that Corona virus is here to stay with us for a long-long time and recent seropositiveness studies in Delhi and Pune have shown antibodies in almost 29% of surveyed population – this shows that most of us have caught the infection and […]