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Outside a vaccination centre in New Delhi on September 14, 2021. A study by The Lancet Infectious Diseases estimated that vaccinations prevented 14.4 million deaths from COVID-19 in 185 countries and territories in 2021

Vaccine side effects: Real but rare; blanket ban not the answer

Scientific studies are the key to improving vaccine safety and performance while acknowledging the tragic but infrequent adverse effects.
Partha P. Majumder
Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling the development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.

The 2023 Nobel Prize for Medicine is a thumbs up for basic science research

The award for work enabling the development of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine underscores the importance of a neglected field.
Partha P. Majumder
Scientists are aware that students love to hear science directly from scientists, but communicating science is no trivial thing. Seen here an instructor with a student during a demonstration before the telecast of ISRO’s Chandrayaan 3 mission at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM) in Kolkata on July 14, 2023

How science academies can enhance scientific temper in India

They can enhance public understanding of science through effective communication, engagement with the public and media, promoting research integrity.
Partha P. Majumder
Svante Pääbo  with a replica of a Neanderthal skeleton at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. 

Svante Pääbo wins Medicine Nobel for his work in analysing ancient DNA

His research led to discoveries that laid to rest many incorrect theories about human evolution. 
Partha P. Majumder
Gregor Mendel. His work, together with Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, laid the foundations of biology. 

Gregor Johann Mendel: A man far ahead of his times

The evidence-based model of inheritance in genetics that he presented was revolutionary.
Partha P. Majumder
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