MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Coronavirus can be transiently air-borne but masks can keep one safe, says CCMB studyThe scientists worked with hospitals -- three in Hyderabad and three in Chandigarh -- to find if the virus particles can be found in air sa...
- New COVID-19 strain: Total 29 people in India test positive
Out of these 29 cases, eight have been registered at National Centre for Disease Control in Delhi, two at CSIR Institute of Genomics and In...
- Anglo-Indian women who reached Andhra Pradesh escaping isolation tested positive for UK strain of COVID
As per official data Andhra Pradesh administration has traced 1,406 persons out of 1,423 persons who came from the UK to the state.
- India widens ambit of Covid-19 genome sequencing
The health ministry has also established the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) for laboratory and epidemiological surveillanc...
- "Four out of over 1,000 people who returned from UK tested positive for COVID-19"
State Health Commissioner Katamaneni Bhaskar said on Friday that 1,148 people arrived to the state from the UK in the last one month and 1,...
- ICMR approves CSIR's COVID-19 testing method that can help ramp up number of RT-PCR tests
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has approved a simple and fast method for COVID-19 testing which can not only increase the n...
- View: Genome editing and lessons for India
In the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
- View: India’s pharma industry needs innovation-promoting and smart regulation to up its game
The Indian pharmaceutical industry is a fine example of how such investment in R&D, combined with supportive public policy, has created glo...
- Avoid panic, wear that mask: Coronavirus being airborne means covering face for longer time
Meeting at crowded and closed places should be avoided strictly.
- Scientists identify drugs that may block coronavirus from jumping to uninfected cells
They said sometimes this hijacking interferes with the activity of the host's proteins and other important molecules such as enzymes, which...
- From 4,000 tests on April 1, India hits 2 lakh daily COVID testing target
Top Central government officials monitoring the COVID 19 testing scenario in the country then said that the testing apparatus was being ram...
- CCMB develops new, low-cost testing method for covid-19; ICMR nod awaited
It eliminates the time-consuming RNA extraction in testing and imported viral transfer medium (VTM), required to transfer the swab samples ...
- Proteins in COVID-19 patients' blood could predict severity of illness, study finds
In research published in the journal Cell Systems on Tuesday, scientists at Britain's Francis Crick Institute and Germany's Charite Univers...
- Centre aims at doubling testing to 2,00,000 a day, with focus on states witnessing migrant influx
The Centre plans to double its Covid-19 testing capacity to 200,000 a day, with a special focus on states facing an influx of migrant worke...
- Six Indian companies working on COVID-19 vaccine, many challenges in finding a preventive: Experts
Nearly 70 'vaccine candidates' are being tested and at least three have moved to the human clinical trial stage, but a vaccine for the nove...
- US scientists link BCG vaccination with fewer coronavirus cases, Indian scientists hopeful but cautious
"We found that countries without universal policies of BCG vaccination, such as Italy, the Netherlands, and the United States, have been mo...
- India mulls radical change for faster vaccine availability
Halving time for approval, sidestepping animal testing of vaccines is on the cards.
- Meet Annamma Spudich: A molecular biologist who is reviving ancient India's healing knowledge
She has curated exhibitions on the rich history of the Indian spice trade.
- Inexplicable abilities does not mean octopuses came from outer space
Cephalopods share a lot of genes with very earthly creatures, from mussels and flies to human beings; and unless this connection is cited a...
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