No instance of SARS-CoV-2’s Lambda variation found in India yet: Govt Kumar Jeetendra | July 9, 2021 The government Friday asserted that no case of the Lambda variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been found in India so far. Responding to a question at a press briefing, joint secretary in the health ministry, Lav Agarwal, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) is closely monitoring the variant. “Lambda was the seventh variant of interest identified …
Coronavirus in all probability of natural not spilled from lab: Study Kumar Jeetendra | July 9, 2021 The SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, most likely spread from an animal source to humans, and did not leak from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, according to a review of existing scientific evidence by a global team of scientists. The yet-to-be published study, posted on the pre-print server Zenodo on July 7, noted that while …
PolyNovo’s NovoSorb® BTM technology featured in a new digital film series presented by the ICBA and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions Kumar Jeetendra | July 7, 2021 Melbourne, Australia – 30 June, 2021 – A new digital film series presented by the ICBA and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, uncovers the stories of innovation using nature’s building blocks to change the world every day through biotechnology. This exploratory online video series uncovers the powerful stories of innovation in biotechnology and includes …
Study recognizes specific immune cells that shape inhibitory neurons to control mind wiring Kumar Jeetendra | July 7, 2021 Every second our brains are exposed to a variety of signals, from the barking of a puppy to raindrops hitting the windows, and everything in between. Most of the time we ignore insignificant cues like the buzzing of a fly or the gentle rustle of leaves in a tree. We pay attention to the more …
Castration of male sheep eases back DNA maturing Kumar Jeetendra | July 6, 2021 We all know that women live longer lives than men. If we told you that there were one way to prolong your life, would you listen? Researchers from University of Otago and collaborators from the United States published a study in ELife today. It showed that castration of male sheep slows down DNA’s aging and …
PathStore dispatches RT-PCR testing in India at Rs 299 Kumar Jeetendra | July 6, 2021 France-based firm PathStore on Tuesday said it has launched its COVID-19 RT-PCR testing in India at a price of Rs 299 to increase its accessibility across the country. The deployment of the company’s highly affordable RT-PCR test will help in functioning of tourism, industrial and retail sectors, PathStore said in a statement. “We find testing …
First CRISPR-Cas9-based gene drive cuts and duplicates hereditary components in Arabidopsis plants Kumar Jeetendra | June 26, 2021 University of California San Diego scientists developed the first CRISPR/Cas9 based gene drive in plants. Their goal is to breed resilient crops that can withstand drought and diseases. Although gene drive technology for insects has been created to stop the spread and transmission of vector-borne diseases like Malaria, scientists in Professor Yunde Zha’s lab along …
Delta variant to represent 90% of new COVID-19 cases in Europe: EU organization Kumar Jeetendra | June 23, 2021 The Delta variant, identified for the first time in India, could account for 90 percent of new Covid cases in the EU in the coming months, the bloc’s disease control agency said Wednesday. “The Delta variant is more transmissible than other circulating variants and we estimate that by the end of August it will represent …
IIT-B researcher gets DCGI gesture to launch algo-based COVID-19 testing instrument Kumar Jeetendra | June 22, 2021 Bengaluru-based tech startup Algorithmic Biologics has received regulatory approvals to launch its COVID-19 testing method that can help scale up testing for the deadly virus infection at half the prevailing cost and one-tenth of the time. Called Tapestry, the new testing tool is developed by the startup launched by IIT-Bombay professor Manoj Gopalkrishnan. It enables …
Elisa Antigen Test to Fast-pace India’s testing, monitoring, and Covid-19 management efforts Kumar Jeetendra | June 22, 2021 New Delhi; 22nd June 2021: India’s biotechnology leader in the IVD space, J Mitra and Company has launched the Covid-19 Ag Microlisa Elisa Test kit (Elisa Antigen Test) for the Indian market. The test kit will provide an impetus to India’s fight against Covid-19 by significantly bringing down the overall cost of testing. It will …
Ladies treated with fertility drugs don’t have expanded breast cancer risk, study shows Kumar Jeetendra | June 21, 2021 Drugs frequently used during fertility treatments to release eggs don’t increase the chance of developing breast cancer, new research has shown. Researchers from King’s College London, in partnership with King’s Fertility, analyzed studies between 1.8 million women undergoing fertility treatments. These women were followed up in studies for a normal period of 27 years and …
Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine carry out postponed in Delhi Kumar Jeetendra | June 20, 2021 The roll out of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at Indraprastha Apollo and Madhukar Rainbow Children’s Hospital in Delhi has been delayed for some days, officials said on Sunday. A spokesperson of Apollo Hospitals said the facility in Delhi will tentatively start administering the two-dose vaccine by June 25. An official had earlier said the …
