Gene panel test empowers exceptionally exact diagnosis of liposarcomas Kumar Jeetendra | February 5, 2021 Scientists have leveraged the latest advances in RNA technology and machine learning methods to develop a gene panel evaluation which allows for highly accurate diagnosis of the most frequent kinds of liposarcoma. The new assay is described in The Journal of Molecular Diagnosis, published by Elsevier. Liposarcomas are a type of malignant cancer that is …
Essential Screening for microbial evolution research via INTEGRA’s electronic pipettes Kumar Jeetendra | February 5, 2021 Bacterial evolution studies involve analysis of large sample numbers, requiring streamlined, reproducible pipetting processes to effectively characterize the features of different strains. Dr Astrid Altamirano-Junqueira, who completed her doctoral studies into the evolution of bacterial motility in the School of Biological Studies at Reading University, discussed how these electronic pipettes aided her research: “My focus …
Oxford says COVID-19 immunization with AstraZeneca neutralizes UK variant Kumar Jeetendra | February 6, 2021 AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine has similar efficacy against the British coronavirus version as it does to the previously circulating variants, the university said on Friday. The version, first identified in Kent, southern England, is more readily transmissible, prompting many countries to limit travel to Britain. It also led to a spike in infections …
FDA permits advertising of new remedy just device to lessen wheezing and mild sleep apnea Kumar Jeetendra | February 6, 2021 Now, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved marketing of a new prescription only device intended to reduce snoring and moderate obstructive sleep apnea. Unlike devices used while patients sleep, this is the first device used while awake that is intended to improve tongue muscle function, which in time helps prevent the tongue from collapsing …
Hereditary components of human gut microbiota are key to wellbeing Kumar Jeetendra | February 6, 2021 Neanderthals’ gut microbiota already contained some beneficial micro-organisms that are also found within our own intestine. An international research group headed by the University of Bologna achieved this result by extracting and analyzing ancient DNA from 50,000-year-old fecal sediments sampled at the archaeological site of El Salt, near Alicante (Spain). Published in Communication Biology, their …
Small Scale Photoreactor for Screening Experiments Kumar Jeetendra | February 6, 2021 Asynt announce the DrySyn Illumin8 – a new, beautifully engineered, 8-position parallel photoreactor for research chemists. Based upon a modified version of Asynt’s popular DrySyn OCTO reactor, the DrySyn Illumin8 allows users to run up to 8 parallel photochemical reactions at a time in precision borosilicate tubes, up to 6 mL in volume. The unit …
Business certainty improves with rollout of vaccines: NCAER Kumar Jeetendra | February 7, 2021 The Business Confidence Index (BCI) developed by the Delhi-based economic think tank NCAER rose 29.6 per cent between third and second quarter of the current financial year on the back of rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in various countries, such as India. The proportion of respondents anticipating that”overall economic conditions will improve in the next six …
Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID shot less viable against South African variant: Study Kumar Jeetendra | February 7, 2021 British drugmaker AstraZeneca said on Saturday its vaccine developed by the University of Oxford seemed to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African version of COVID-19, based on early data from a trial. The study from South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University revealed the vaccine had significantly …
Revelation may decrease the ecological effect of chemical manufacturing Kumar Jeetendra | February 7, 2021 Chemical manufacturers frequently use toxic solvents such as alcohols and benzene to make products such as pharmaceuticals and plastics. Researchers are analyzing a previously overlooked and misunderstood phenomenon in the chemical reactions used to make these products. Combining metal and ore nanoparticles hastens many chemical reactions and helps maximize yield and profit margins for the …
South Africa halts AstraZeneca immunization after shots fall flat against new variation Kumar Jeetendra | February 8, 2021 South Africa halted Monday’s planned rollout of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccinations after data showed that it gave minimal protection against moderate infection from one variant, stoking fears of a much longer cat-and-mouse battle with the pathogen. The coronavirus has killed 2.3 million people and turned regular life upside down for countless but new versions have raised …
Alembic Pharma gets five perceptions from USFDA for Gujarat office Kumar Jeetendra | February 8, 2021 Alembic Pharmaceuticals on Monday said the US health regulator has made five observations after inspection at its center at Karkhadi, Gujarat. “The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has conducted an inspection at Alembic Pharmaceuticals” New Injectable Facility (F-3) located at Karkhadi from January 29-February 5, 2021. This was a scheduled inspection and at …
Researchers develop little intestinal cells from human-actuated pluripotent stem cells Kumar Jeetendra | February 8, 2021 A group of scientists from Japan have found success in growing small intestinal cells, akin to those found in the human body, from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. They assert that the grown cells may be used for laboratory studies focusing on human small intestinal drug metabolism and transport. Because of this, studies on the absorption …
