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NK Mehra

NK Mehra

Articles by NK Mehra

Xenotransplantation and the future of medicine

In recent years, significant progress has been made to genetically modify the developing piglets, rendering their tissues and organs resistant to human immune response.

Updated on Jan 20, 2022 14:44 IST

Focus on double-dose vaccinations. Boosters can wait

India’s daily vaccination drive is expected to increase further, with two-to-three more indigenous vaccines expected in September. In addition, the fourth sero-survey data suggesting a high rate of Covid-19-specific antibody occurrence in over 68% of the population is encouraging news. But people must continue to strictly maintain Covid-19-appropriate behaviour for at least six more months, if not longer. (File photo)

Updated on Aug 24, 2021 10:03 IST

How India can overcome the Covid-19 surge

A health worker takes sample from a man for Covid-19 test in New Delhi on Wednesday, April 7. (PTI)

Updated on Apr 9, 2021 01:32 IST

Covid-19: Decoding the global search for a vaccine

Vaccines are an article of faith for all of us because they have eradicated diseases that have ravaged humanity for millennia.

Updated on Aug 11, 2020 16:05 IST

Covid-19: India has done well till now, but lifting the lockdown is not advisable

Railway workers spray disinfectant on Covid-19 isolation coaches, Kolkata, April 8, 2020

Updated on Apr 9, 2020 13:33 IST

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