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Govt to recast Insacog as Covid cases declineThe Indian government is considering restructuring Insacog, the consortium monitoring genomic variations in SARS-CoV-2, due to the decline ...
No unusual pattern in virus spread seen in India: Insacog expertThe Indian Sars-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog) held a meeting Friday evening in light of the latest viral wave in China. India has ...
Experts review COVID-19 plan amid case surgeFears have emerged that an outbreak is again starting as states including Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra are witn...
Govt on alert as India reports Omicron, Delta co-infectionsAccording to an Insacog member, the new Deltacron variant which has been seen in some countries has not been found so far in India. However...
Omicron most dominant strain of Covid 19 in IndiaIn the fourth week of December, Omicron was found in 50% of the samples sent for genomic sequencing. In the second and third weeks of Janua...
Insacog enhances genome sequencing in Delhi, Pune and BengaluruSo far, Insacog or the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, has not found clear evidence on the severity of the symptoms, or the ability ...
Karnataka is taking measures to set up more genomic sequencing labs: CM"We have taken measures to set up genomic sequencing labs, it requires expert facilities and lab equipment. Instructions have been given to...
INSACOG has sequenced over 1.02 lakh SARS-CoV-2 genomes till Nov 25: Govt"The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), being coordinated by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), as on November 25, 2021 h...
Insacog to review plan on genome sequencingAnother member said all samples lifted in November will be sequenced on priority. "By next week the results of all these samples should com...
Insacog: Test flyers from Omicron-hit countriesThe Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), a consortium of government institutions involved in the genome sequencing of the novel...
Genome sequencing in India gets a private sector boostThe government has decided to involve private sector laboratories in the process of genome sequencing to detect new coronavirus variants so...
45 cases of delta plus variant reported in Maharashtra so far: GovernmentUnion Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that analysis of the genomic data is a con...
83 Covid cases of Delta plus variant reported in India till Aug 4: GovtResponding to a question on whether private laboratories are permitted to do genome sequencing of coronavirus, Minister of State for Health...
Private companies keen on Covid genome sequencing, but funding an issueSince sequencing the virus is slightly expensive, with each test costing around ₹6,000, funding has become a bottleneck.
India will want to scale up genome sequencing: Sharon Peacock, Genomics UKThe British microbiologist’s comments come days after world leaders at the G7 Carbis Bay summit decided to scale up genome sequencing to 10...
New coronavirus variant detected by NIV may cause severe symptomsThe new variant is likely to cause severe symptoms. The findings of the pathogenicity evaluation show increased disease severity and point ...
Britain variant could be behind current COVID-19 surge in Delhi, says NCDC chiefThe UK variant was found in 28 per cent of samples in the second week of March. In the last week of the month, 50 per cent of samples had t...
Double mutation found in 61% of 361 COVID-19 samples: Expert"I am told that out of 361 COVID-19 samples tested by the National Institute of Virology in Pune, 61 per cent had the double mutation. Howe...
Cofounder of Blippar Ambarish Mitra invests in genomics company Global Gene CorpOther investors in the consortium include Nandu Nandkishore, formerly EVP Asia, Oceania and Africa, Nestle & CEO Nestle Nutrition.
India aims full genome sequencing of wheat in 3 years"All other partners of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium including India target to complete the sequencing in the next t...