Sudhir Gupta

COVID-19 VACCINE COULD SOON BE DELIVERED VIA MOUTH, NOSE AND SKIN

April 22, 2021

Currently, there are 9 approved vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 virus that are used to prevent transmission, and prevent hospitalisation and deaths. However, all vaccines are given intramuscularly and appear to induce systemic protective immunity and not sterile immunity, and carry minor side effects. Current vaccines predominantly induce IgG antibody response and...

COVID-19: GOING BEYOND ANTIBODIES

January 23, 2021

Covid-19 has affected over 95 million people worldwide and more than two million people are dead. The immune system plays a critical role in determining the clinical course and outcome of Covid-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2) infection. Innate immunity and adaptive immunity are the two major components of the immune system....