Mitigating the Effects of Pulsating Flow in Flow Measurement Kumar Jeetendra | March 11, 2021 Titan Enterprises has published a new technical article that discusses how variation in flow velocity can impact flow measurement accuracy and how to mitigate any undesirable effects. It is well known that flowmeters are sensitive to effects such as pulsating flow which can generate errors in flow measurement. Pulsating flows are common in systems using …
Sanofi to begin human preliminaries of its second COVID vaccine candidate Kumar Jeetendra | March 12, 2021 French pharmaceutical company Sanofi on Friday announced the launch of human trials of its next COVID-19 vaccine, with its first still in the testing period after having fallen behind in development. Sanofi and US firm Translate Bio are growing the vaccine based on messenger RNA technology. The phase 1 and 2 trials aim to confirm …
No reason to quit utilizing AstraZeneca COVID-19 immunization, says WHO Kumar Jeetendra | March 12, 2021 The World Health Organization said Friday there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine following several European nations suspended the roll-out over blood clot fears. The WHO said its vaccines advisory committee was now looking at safety data and worried that no causal connection was established between the vaccine and clotting. Denmark, Norway, …
Novel device can add or eliminate sugar from proteins Kumar Jeetendra | March 12, 2021 Sugar has been called “evil,” “toxic,” and “poison.” But the body needs sugars, also. Sugar molecules help cells recognize and fight germs and viruses, shuttle proteins from cell to cell, and make sure those proteins function. Too much or too small can give rise to a range of maladies, including neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, diabetes, …
Deforestation in the Amazon builds variety of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | March 12, 2021 In Brazil, a study conducted by researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) and collaborators showed that deforestation in the Amazon causes an increase in the diversity of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. An article on the study, published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, compares the microorganisms that live in the land of indigenous forest with …
AstraZeneca to look for US approval for COVID-19 vaccine this month or early next: Sources Kumar Jeetendra | March 13, 2021 The British drugmaker completed enrollment in its trial of more than 32,000 volunteers in January and now has data on at least 150 cases of COVID-19, two sources knowledgeable about the trial told Reuters. The amount of COVID-19 cases among those who got the vaccine versus infections in participants who received a placebo will show …
Illumina’s NextSeq 550Dx platform and associated reagent kits received medical device registration in Russia Kumar Jeetendra | March 13, 2021 San Diego-based Illumina’s NextSeq 550Dx platform and associated reagent kits received medical device registration in Russia, as have reagents for the MiSeqDx which was approved previously as a medical device. Both of these in vitro diagnostic (IVD)-ready solutions are available to customers and third-party developers to create diagnostic solutions using the technology. These registrations will …
Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s, Aurobindo recall products in the U.S. market Kumar Jeetendra | March 14, 2021 Leading home grown drug makers Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma and Jubilant Pharma are remembering products in the U.S. market, the world’s largest market for pharmaceutical products, for various reasons. As per the latest Enforcement Report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), Sun Pharma is remembering Cequa ophthalmic solution, which is …
Italy plans to immunize atleast 80% of populace by end of September Kumar Jeetendra | March 14, 2021 Italy said on Saturday it aimed to vaccinate at least 80 percent of its population at the end of September, after criticism about the slow pace of the rollout of a coronavirus vaccination campaign in one of worst-hit countries in Europe. Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, a military general and new special commissioner for coronavirus, published a …
UMass Amherst scientist focuses around understanding essential parts of the hand’s microbiome Kumar Jeetendra | March 14, 2021 Skin Care microbiome researcher Dr. Kelly Haas, of the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Biology Department, recently started a research partnership with Akron, Ohio-based GOJO Industries to study the structure, stability, and endurance of their hand microbiome. The collaboration focuses on understanding fundamental aspects of the hand’s microbiome: what microbes should be growing on a hand …
Piramal Enterprises to take care of COVID vaccination costs for representatives taking jabs in India Kumar Jeetendra | March 15, 2021 Piramal Enterprises on Monday said it will pay for the cost of COVID-19 vaccination for all its employees and their immediate family members that get the jabs in India. The business will absorb the cost of COVID-19 vaccination for all its employees and their immediate family members who are eligible and choose to get the …
Ordinary promoter vaccines are the future fighting with COVID-19 infection, top genome experts says Kumar Jeetendra | March 15, 2021 Standard booster vaccines against the novel coronavirus will be needed because of mutations that make it more transmissible and better able to evade human immunity, the head of Britain’s attempt to sequence the virus’s genomes told Reuters. The novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million individuals globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, …
