Aviation Ministry awards ICMR restrictive authorization to utilize drones for vaccine delivery Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 The Civil Aviation Ministry said on September 13 it has granted conditional permission to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to use drones in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Manipur, and Nagaland to deliver vaccines beyond the visual line of sight. The ICMR has been permitted to use drones up to a height of 3,000 …
Researchers develop another approach to grow little pancreas replicas Kumar Jeetendra | September 14, 2021 In collaboration with Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute scientists, engineers from MIT have created a new method to create tiny replicas of pancreas using healthy and cancerous pancreatic cell lines. These models could be used by researchers to test and develop potential treatments for pancreatic cancer. This is one of the most difficult types. Researchers …
Vaccines powerful against Delta variant of Covid: US study Kumar Jeetendra | September 13, 2021 COVID-19 vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalisations and emergency department visits caused by the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a US study. The research that used national data also indicates that Moderna’s vaccine is significantly more effective against Delta variant than Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson preventives. “These real-world data show that …
US could approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids matured 5-11 in October Kumar Jeetendra | September 11, 2021 Top U.S. health officials believe that Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine could be authorized for children aged 5-11 years old by the end of October, two sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. The timeline is based on the expectation that Pfizer, which developed the shot with Germany’s BioNTech, will have enough data from clinical …
Defined & Controllable Extracellular Matrix for Cell Culture Kumar Jeetendra | September 7, 2021 Biochemically defined and animal-free – Mussel Adhesive Protein based matrix (MAPtrix™) from AMSBIO provides a highly defined and controllable recombinant extracellular matrix (ECM) for cell culture, which can be tailored to the specific needs of particular cell types. Low cost and ready-to-use – MAPtrix™ produces a reliable and reproducible protein coating on a wide variety …
Community Wellness Announces COVID Home Management Program Kumar Jeetendra | September 7, 2021 Campbell, California – September 07, 2021 – Life Science Newswire – Community Wellness, a leading national provider of Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) services and Affinity Partner of the Kentucky Hospital Association’s Solutions Group, announced a new program to expand the bandwidth and clinical strength of hospitals in Kentucky and neighboring states due to the COVID-19 …
HCG acquires oncology labs and divests stake in Strand Lifesciences to Reliance; will focus on integrated & specialized diagnostics scale-up Kumar Jeetendra | September 7, 2021 HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), the leading specialty healthcare service provider in India, focused on oncology, announced the acquisition of oncology hospital labs and clinical trials business from Strand Lifesciences as well as simultaneous divestment of its ~38.5% stake (on paid-up capital basis and 34.5% on fully diluted basis) in Strand to Reliance Industries group …
Seven Common mistakes everyone makes in DNA isolation Kumar Jeetendra | September 2, 2021 A biological sample obtained in the form of a blood or semen or tissue sample from a known individual contains a number of substances beside DNA. DNA molecules must be separated from its other cellular components. Cellular proteins that package and protect DNA in the environment of the cell can inhibit the ability to analyse …
Memory of explicit occasions doesn’t fall apart with age in cuttlefish Kumar Jeetendra | August 19, 2021 Researchers have discovered that Cuttlefish can recall the exact details of specific events, even up to the end of their lives. These results were published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society and are the first to show that animals can retain specific events even after they age. Memory tests were conducted by researchers …
Coronavirus ebbing as R-valu drops to under 1 in country, including Kerala and NE: Study Kumar Jeetendra | August 18, 2021 After breaching the value of 1 in the first week of August, the R number, which reflects how rapidly the coronavirus pandemic is spreading, has been steadily ebbing, according to researchers at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. India’s R has fallen to around 0.9, Sitbara Sinha, who is leading the research, told PTI, citing …
CytoSMART introduces new, label-free live-cell microscopy solutions with high image quality Kumar Jeetendra | August 17, 2021 Eindhoven, The Netherlands – 10 August, 2021 – – CytoSMART Technologies today announced the launch of the new brightfield live-cell imaging system – the CytoSMART Lux3 BR. It is a small brightfield microscope, equipped with a high-quality 6.4 MP CMOS camera. The new live-cell imager is designed to work inside a standard cell culture incubator …
New system joins PC programming and cryo-EM to decide 3D constructions of RNA-only molecules Kumar Jeetendra | August 16, 2021 The single-stranded gene material RNA, also known as RNA, is most well-known for its ability to guide the assembly of proteins and carry the genetic code for viruses such as HIV and SARS-CoV-2. Scientists discovered a hidden talent 40 years ago: It can catalyze chemical reaction in cells, including joining and snipping RNA strands. This …
