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 …
Scientists find how Rift Valley fever virus enters cells Kumar Jeetendra | September 24, 2021 Rift Valley fever virus causes economically tragic hemorrhagic outbreaks in livestock, including cattle, goats, and sheep. The mosquito-borne infections can lead to the spread of infection to people who work with animals that are dying or dead often causing many human infections as well as many deaths. Rift Valley fever, for which there isn’t a …
Nano-bubbles containing ACE2 protein can hinder contamination from wide strains of SARS-CoV-2 Kumar Jeetendra | January 21, 2022 Northwestern Medicine and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center discovered that natural nano-bubbles containing ACE2 protein (evACE2) were found in the blood of COVID-19 victims. They also discovered that these particles could block infection by broad strains of SARS/CoV-2 virus. Scientists said that the evACE2 acts in the body as a decoy and …
SMART researchers discover unique lysin capable of killing deadly multidrug-resistant bacteria Kumar Jeetendra | February 17, 2022 Singapore, 17 February 2022 – Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, alongside collaborators at Nanyang Technological University, have identified a novel phage lysin – Abp013 – that could be used as an alternative antimicrobial agent against two of the …
Oncquest marks its 21st anniversary by introducing a world-class Cytogenetic Workstation Kumar Jeetendra | January 24, 2023 Carrying forward its legacy of advancing the country’s diagnostic services, Oncquest Laboratories Ltd, on the completion of 21 years, has introduced a world-class facility for Cytogenetic Analysis in association with World Leaders in Microscopy and Imaging Systems – Carl Zeiss and MetaSystems, Germany. The fully automated Cytogenetics Workstation is a rare facility that only a …
