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At War with the Single Strand : How Indian Science Fought the COVID-19 Pandemic / edited by Renu Swarup, Govindarajan Padmanaban, Narendra Kumar Arora.

Springer Nature - Springer Medicine (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Swarup, Renu.
Contributor:
Padmanaban, Govindarajan.
Arora, Narendra Kumar.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Public health.
Epidemiology.
Medical policy.
Public health administration.
Biologicals.
Biopharmaceutics.
Public Health.
Health Policy.
Health Administration.
Biologics.
Local Subjects:
Public Health.
Epidemiology.
Health Policy.
Health Administration.
Biologics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (287 pages)
Edition:
1st ed. 2025.
Place of Publication:
Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2025.
Summary:
This book provides insights into India's management of the war against COVID-19, highlighting the scientific response and featuring stories from key players. The chapters not only address the challenge but also showcase innovative solutions achieved within a short time frame. They discuss the emergence of the virus, its spread, and its hazards, exploring the scientific basis of pandemic and its biological changes, and further discussing its challenges and opportunities. The book also includes a roadmap for research and translation, featuring innovative strategies for testing, tracking, and treating the virus, as well as achievements in diagnostics. Additionally, it reflects on the global response to COVID-19 and provides strategies for future preparedness. It addresses the scientific complexities, clinical trials, and collaborative partnerships driving vaccine development and distribution in India. The book is supplemented with stories of strength and innovation from vaccine development in India as well as global collaborations. The book is relevant for scientists, researchers, policymakers, as well as national and international organizations as a resource to plan strategies for managing future health emergencies.
Contents:
Ch 1 Evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Spike Glycoprotein During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Ch 2 Laying the Roadmap for a Robust R&D Ecosystem
Ch 3 Understanding the virus -The Evolving Mutations
Ch 4 Leveraging the Scientific Strength to test , track & treat. A public health perspective
Ch 5 C-CAMP COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator (C-CIDA)—Dr Taslim cCAMP
Ch 6 Pandemic Pioneers: The AMTZ Story
Ch 7 Mylab's Remarkable Role in Transforming Diagnostics during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ch8 The Race to Pioneer a Solution to the RNA Challenge
Ch 9 Journey of COVID-19 vaccines at Serum Institute of India - Serum Institute of India
Ch 10 ZyCoV-D The World’s First Human DNA Vaccine for COVID-19
Ch 11 MADE IN INDIA, MADE FOR INDIA-Establishment of the nation’s first pandemic-ready mRNA-based platform technology- Gennova
Ch 12 CORBEVAX™ development and deployment: A highly successful partnership between Biological E and BIRAC during the COVID19 pandemic—-BioE
Ch 13 Hester Biosciences Limited’s contribution towards combating COVID-19—Haester
Ch 14 Indian Immunologicals Limited’s contribution to Mission Covid Suraksha—IIL
Ch 15 Science behind COVID vaccines
Ch 16 The Clinical Trial Network
Ch 17 Fostering Industry Academia partnership
Ch 18 The Start up response -Fostering Resilience: The IKP Story of Leveraging Startup Ingenuity in Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ch 19 Digital India - A Boon harnessed well -CoWIN – Enabling over 2 billion Vaccine
Ch 20 COVID 19 – The Global Response and Our Learnings- Lessons from the Pandemic for Science and the Way Forward.
Other Format:
Print version: Swarup, Renu At War with the Single Strand
ISBN:
9789819681228

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