Isotonic Solutions: Secret of Bacterial Viability in Suspensions Kumar Jeetendra | February 3, 2020 Preparation of microbial suspensions is usually one of the simple, routine and repetitive tasks generally performed in a microbiological laboratory. Commonly used bacterial suspension fluids include bacteriological saline, phosphate buffered saline (PBS) and Ringer’s solution. An ideal suspension fluid should ensure preservation of health of bacterial cells without allowing them to multiply further. However, saline, …
China’s president warns over Coronavirus spread Kumar Jeetendra | January 25, 2020 Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds that include diarrhea in cows and pigs, and upper respiratory disease in chickens. The virus mainly causes infection in your nose, sinuses, or upper throat. Most coronaviruses are not dangerous. Some types of them are serious, though. The country is facing a “grave situation” …
Individually Packed Sterile Assay Plates launched by Porvair Sciences Kumar Jeetendra | September 2, 2019 Porvair Sciences are UK based global leaders in the manufacturing and development of cutting-edge porous plastic materials announces its complete range of Krystal™ clear bottomed assay microplates is now available individually packed and sterilised for optimised tissue culture cell growth or non-sterile for assay development. Available in a choice of 24-, 96- and 384-well formats, …
Advances in antimicrobial research February 2019 Cover story Kumar Jeetendra | March 25, 2019 Following the introduction of penicillin in the 1940s antimicrobial medicines have become an essential tool for combatting microbial infections in humans and animals. Antimicrobials are necessary for preventing infections and reducing the risk of potentially life threatening complications during surgery. However, the act of using antimicrobials fuels antimicrobial resistance. Each time a single antibiotic is …
ZEISS introduces a software ZEN core offers new analysis and connective modules Kumar Jeetendra | March 17, 2019 Zeiss a German based optical system manufacturing company introduced new soft ware named “ Zen core” for new analysis and connective modules. ZEISS ZEN core is a powerful software suite for microscopy imaging, automated analyses, and multi-modal workflows in connected materials laboratory environments. With the new release, materials researchers are now even more efficient. ZEISS …
Rules will be finalized on months end about online sales of medicines Kumar Jeetendra | January 25, 2019 Friday, the Union government informed the Bombay High Court that it was likely to be finalise the rules for the online sales of medicines till the end of January. The Union government’s lawyer D P Singh told a bench of the Chief Justice Naresh Patil & Justice N M Jamdar that in complianceseither an order …
Government may plan to fix trade margins on over priced orphan drugs Kumar Jeetendra | January 25, 2019 Fix trade margin to be on orphan drugs, basically orphan drugs are synthetic pharmaceutical which are very specifically developed for the treatment of rare medical conditions, such conditions which are itself known as an orphan disease. As per the health ministry official said assuring relief on the patients burdened with exorbitant treatment costs. If, this …
Recall of products by Lupin Sun Pharma and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals from US Market Kumar Jeetendra | January 22, 2019 India’s major drug making organization Lupin has recalled their various drugs from the US market because of multiple reasons. Sun Pharma & Glenmark Pharmaceuticals have also recalled their products from the US market. According to the current Enforcement Report which was issued by the USFDA, Lupin is recalling 55,000 vials & 1,60,241 boxed of anti-bacterial …
To treat influenza FDA approved a new drug Kumar Jeetendra | November 2, 2018 The U.S FDA administration has recently approved a new drug for the treatment of influenza (Flu). This drug Xofluza (baloxavirmarboxil) will be used for the treatment of the acute uncomplicated influenza (flu) in patients who are currently 12 years and older who have been symptomatic for no more than 48 hours. Flu is usually caused …
Father of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Dies at 84 Kumar Jeetendra | May 22, 2018 Stanley Falkow who was known as the Father of Molecular MicrobialPathogenesisdied on May 5, 2018. His age was 84 when he died at his home in Portola Valley, California.His wife, Lucy Tompkins, who is also a professor at Stanford said that cause was complications of myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare disorder in which the bone marrow …
Are we treating Urinary Tract Infections right Kumar Jeetendra | February 23, 2018 Infections are as old as mankind. The discovery of antibiotics gave us the power to control infections. Bacteriae were smarter to develop ways to escape action of antibiotics and that’s what we now call as Antibiotic resistance. The antibiotic resistance spread far and wide and currently is one of the main concerns plaguing the medical …
Scientists identified protein help to survive in flu Kumar Jeetendra | February 8, 2018 Researcher from Penn State identified a protein compound while working with lung function of mice with influenza, compound named GM-CSF – a protein that modifies the immune response to the flu, may also help reduce lung inflammation and improve survival during influenza. Researcher E. Scott Halstead said that the results suggested that the GM-CSF could …
