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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged as a global pandemic that is severely affecting our daily life, economy, and putting tremendous pressure on the healthcare infrastructure. Undoubtedly, this is one of the greatest challenges faced by humankind after the World War II. Faced with the unprecedented nature of COVID-19, many vaccines, drug molecules […]
COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease, caused by a novel coronavirus called the SARS-CoV-2, leading to respiratory illness with symptoms like dry cough and high fever. The disease has emerged in Wuhan Hubei Province, China in late December 2019 and has been declared as pandemic on March, 2020 by WHO. Till today COVID-19 pandemic is […]
The pandemic of Coronavirus has become an everyday topic of discussion by affecting more than 8 million people globally. As India entered the top 5 list of Corona affected countries in the world, it has increased the urgency for a potential drug that can cure or at least reduce the effect of the virus. With […]
What is nCOVID-19? The nCOVID-19 (Coronavirus disease of 2019) is part of a versatile family of viruses known as coronaviruses. The name coronavirus comes from the crown-like spikes on their surface. (Note: The virus is not related with Corona beer) Later renamed as “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2,” or SARS-CoV-2 by the International Committee on […]
Textbooks often describe enzymes are highly efficient, have high rate of reaction, and much superior to that of a chemical catalyst. But how fast is it possible for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction to proceed? Is there any limit to the rate acceleration achievable by enzymes? The answer is yes, there is a certain upper limit to […]
A Bioinformatics View on How Corona Virus Binds to the Host Receptor Dr. Abhijit Kayal Senior Scientist, Quantumzyme In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, named SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, and led to a rapidly spreading outbreak of coronavirus disease which is designated as COVID-19 by World Health Organisation (WHO).The coronavirusCOVID-19 is affecting 210 countries and territories. […]
In the mid-1980s, there was a significant public concern on the huge amount of chemical waste generated by chemical and pharmaceutical industries. A paradigm shift was clearly needed from this traditional approach by the chemical industry with respect to the generation of hazardous and toxic waste. There was an immediate focus on cleaner chemistry, resource […]
Enzymes are bio-catalysts that help in accomplishing chemical reactions at benign conditions; not requiring toxic chemicals or elevated temperature and pressure conditions. Enzymes are made up of a combination of 20 naturally occurring amino-acids connected to each other like beads on a necklace. Indeed, our human body has about 75000 enzymes, which aid in metabolism […]