ICMR sets up India's first diabetes biobank in ChennaiIndia's first diabetes biobank has been established in Chennai by ICMR and MDRF. The biobank houses samples from two major studies, includi...
15 Dec, 2024, 02.37 PM IST
ICMR comes up with first ethical guidelines for application of AI in biomedical research, healthcareThe Indian Council of Medical Research has created the first ethical guidelines for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in biom...
26 Mar, 2023, 05.21 PM IST
IIT Guwahati establishes department to bolster healthcare in rural IndiaIndian Institute of Technology- Guwahati has established the ICMR-DHR Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Device and Diagnostics Innovation...
02 Aug, 2022, 10.50 AM IST
View: Covid has been an inflection point for India to emerge as a global life sciences leaderFrom just one test conducted in the lab at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, in January 2020 to nearly 0.8 billion Covid-19 t...
03 Apr, 2022, 10.58 PM IST
India, US need to work jointly in reforming global health architecture: MandaviyaAddressing the closing session of fourth Indo-US Health Dialogue being hosted by India, he said equally important areas wherein both India ...
28 Sep, 2021, 08.52 PM IST
No major mutation observed in SARS-COV 2, no indication vaccine strategy would be hindered: StudySaumitra Das, the director of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, said the institutes started sequencing the virus from differen...
18 Oct, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
Covid-19: Saliva diagnosis emerges as a cheaper, faster method than swab testingThe saliva collection does not involve material such as swabs - which can be in short supply.
29 Aug, 2020, 07.11 PM IST
Covid-19 saliva diagnosis cheaper, faster alternative to swab testing, say scientistsGiving a thumbs up to the alternative testing technology that is yet to be introduced in India, scientists said it would deliver results fa...
22 Aug, 2020, 01.49 PM IST
Scientists strike note of caution as 'Made in India' vaccine programme gains momentumIndia's premier medical body ICMR has said 12 clinical trial sites for the indigenous Covaxin, being developed in collaboration with the Hy...
04 Jul, 2020, 03.03 PM IST
View: India needs to accelerate indigenous Covid-19 diagnostics manufacturingRapid and effective epidemiological testing is key to implementing a containment plan. Two types of tests are used to evaluate the impact o...
12 May, 2020, 07.07 PM IST
Govt mobilises every resource, lab to prepare for covid-19 peakAgainst an average of 4,000 Covid-19 tests done a day and 60-odd testing labs as on April 1, India is now conducting over 33,000 tests dail...
22 Apr, 2020, 07.00 AM IST
Can coronavirus crisis change Indian science for good?It's unlike software. Vaccines, drugs and medical devices cannot be churned out overnight.
19 Apr, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Kerala to start clinical trial of plasma therapy for COVID-19 treatmentThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has given its nod to the state government for the first of its kind project, initiated by the...
09 Apr, 2020, 08.36 PM IST
ICMR gives go ahead for COVID-19 testing in labs under DBT, CSIR, DAEThe DBT, DST, CSIR and DAE laboratories have been advised to strictly follow ICMR guidelines before initiation of testing for coronavirus i...
03 Apr, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
India-Africa Health Sciences Meet to be held from 1-3 SeptThe inaugural address will be given by the Indian Minister of Health and Family Welfare. Minister of State for External Affairs will also a...
01 Sep, 2016, 03.46 PM IST
Four top scientific institutes have been headless for monthsDRDO engaged in developing defence technologies and employing over 5,000 scientists and 25,000 other scientific, technical and supporting p...
22 Mar, 2015, 11.13 AM IST
- Govt plans to regulate stem cells research
The government proposes to regulate stem cell sourcing, banking, transfer (exports) and research.
13 Jul, 2002, 06.31 AM IST