Growing genomic research into different ancestries yields more and better outcomes Kumar Jeetendra | June 1, 2021 Currently published in Nature Genetics, their findings demonstrate that expanding research into different ancestries yields more and better results, in addition to ultimately benefitting global patient care. Up to now nearly 87 percent of genomic research of the type was conducted in Europeans. The global study team examined data across a wide assortment of cohorts, …
British intelligence trusts COVID-19 lab spill hypothesis ‘feasible’: Report Kumar Jeetendra | May 31, 2021 More than 170 million confirmed cases have since been confirmed worldwide and at least 3.5 million deaths reported. British intelligence agencies now believe it is “feasible” that the COVID-19 pandemic began with a coronavirus leak from a Chinese bio laboratory, a media report said, prompting Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi to demand that the WHO must …
Diagnostic Innovations: Catalysing Higher Quality of Life Kumar Jeetendra | May 30, 2021 Healthcare is an aspect that transcends society across regions, geographies, social-strata, cultural, age and time-period considerations. Every human being yearns for the best possible health condition and long life. Changing lifestyles are causing increase in conditions like cancer, diabetes, and heart diseases. The top diseases in India (and the number of deaths they affect each …
India has held talks with Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna for COVID-19 vaccines Kumar Jeetendra | May 27, 2021 India has held several discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Pfizer, Moderna and J&J, but there are no applications for approval pending with its regulators, the government said on Thursday. “Government offered all assistance to have them supply and or manufacture their vaccines in India,” the government said in a statement. “No application of any foreign …
Another COVID-19 immunization enters last trial phase Kumar Jeetendra | May 27, 2021 Production of another potential vaccine against COVID-19 will begin within weeks, its developers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday as they launched a large Phase III trial enrolling 35,000 adult volunteers in the United States, Asia, Africa and Latin America. The study will test the effectiveness of vaccine candidate formulas against the virus that spread from …
More youngsters contaminated with COVID, no requirement for panic but important to immunize: Experts Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 More children are testing positive in the second Covid wave but the infection is mostly mild and the mortality rate low, say experts, citing increased testing and enhanced understanding of symptoms as among the possible reasons for the rising graph. Though there is enough anecdotal evidence of COVID-19 catching children – early teens and younger …
New testing protocols for SARS-CoV-2 can handle a huge number of tests inside 48 hours Kumar Jeetendra | May 25, 2021 Researchers in the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that can process tens of thousands of samples in less than 48 hours. The method, called SARSeq, is printed in the journal Nature Communications and might be adapted to many more pathogens. The COVID-19 pandemic has lasted more than a year and continues to …
Mild cases of COVID-19 give enduring antibody, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | May 24, 2021 Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still possess immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Such cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all of the while. The …
New chemical interaction utilizes photocatalytic layer to eliminate steroid hormones Kumar Jeetendra | May 22, 2021 Micropollutants like steroid hormones contaminate drinking water worldwide and pose a substantial threat to human health and the environment even in smallest quantities. Until today, readily scalable water treatment technologies that remove them economically and sustainably have been lacking. It takes advantage of the mechanisms of photocatalysis and transforms the pollutants into possibly safe oxidation …
Stressed brains can be retrained to think positive, shows new examination Kumar Jeetendra | May 21, 2021 Worried brains could be retrained to react to everyday situations in a less threatening way to reduce anxiety levels, according to new research published by researchers from The University of Western Australia and the University of Virginia. The study, published in Behavior Research and Therapy, reported on the first feasibility and effectiveness of a free …
Vasu Healthcare takes several initiatives to support its employees during Covid Kumar Jeetendra | May 20, 2021 20 May 2021: Vadodara based Vasu Healthcare Pvt Ltd – a leading company in herbal and ayurveda space has taken several initiatives to support its employees and their families in battling Covid-19. Company has taken measures including special paid leaves, reimbursements of medical tests, financial support, testing & hospitalisation for the needy employees among others. …
New medication like compound could adequately hinder a critical step in malaria parasite life cycle Kumar Jeetendra | May 19, 2021 Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis have designed a drug-like compound which effectively blocks a vital step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential first of its type malaria treatment. While drugs and mosquito control have reduced levels of …
