SARS-CoV-2 antibodies remain stable or increase seven months after infection: StudyThey noted that in order to predict the pandemic's evolution and develop effective strategies, it is critical to better understand the dyna...
06 Aug, 2021, 05.05 PM IST
Single dose of Sputnik V Covid vaccine triggers strong antibody response: StudyThe new study, published on Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, examined whether a single dose would achieve greater public healt...
14 Jul, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Mucosal immunity might play 'significant role' in preventing COVID-19 transmission: ScientistsThe analysis, published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, noted that the mucosal immune system is the largest component of immunity, ...
30 Nov, 2020, 01.33 PM IST
Nearly 2 crore people in Karnataka were COVID-19 infected, says government surveySharing details of the findings, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said the survey was carried out from September 3 to 16 across 30 d...
04 Nov, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
Tamil Nadu allows shops to remain open till 10pm from Thursday; Covid cases remain under 4000Testing, however, remained lower than usual with 80,348 people tested on Wednesday, a drop from the whopping 93,844 people who were tested ...
21 Oct, 2020, 06.59 PM IST
Bengaluru reports ‘first’ case of COVID-19 reinfectionThe apex health research body, ICMR, in a presser also said there is "no need to be alarmed immensely" over the reinfection case of COVID-1...
06 Sep, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
New discovery: Antibody that may protect against COVID-19 infection identifiedThe researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in the US discovered and characterised a cross-reactive human mo...
25 Aug, 2020, 01.03 PM IST
COVID-19: As economy reopens, labs getting mass test requests from corporates"We are getting antigen test queries mostly through the government. We are also getting queries from corporates that have large employee po...
30 Jul, 2020, 05.45 PM IST
Antibody tests to check immunity to SARS-Cov2 lacks evidence: Raman GangakhedkarGangakhedkar’s statement came during a webinar organized by the National Cancer Grid, in a presentation on the evolution of the testing pro...
28 Jun, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
‘Recently recovered COVID-19 patients produce virus-specific antibodies'Findings show that COVID-19 patients can mount antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 proteins and suggest that these antibodies are maintained f...
05 May, 2020, 11.33 AM IST
Local players keen to fill the China void, manufacture testing kitsDomestic manufacturers of rapid antibody rapid test kits for novel coronavirus have approached the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR...
29 Apr, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
View: Combining sampling and testing can be most effective to get the economy back on trackGovernments can combine strategies to conduct randomised testing to plan exit out of lockdown.
24 Apr, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
Antibody kits arrive from China, but only for surveillanceThese kits, also known as serological testing kits, are not meant for early diagnosis or detection of the disease, said Raman Gangakhedkar,...
17 Apr, 2020, 07.58 AM IST
Zydus Cadila receives DCGI nod to market rabies drug in IndiaZydus said it currently also manufactures and markets the rabies vaccine — VaxiRab.
03 Sep, 2019, 03.50 PM IST
Your body's immunity can damage your liver: Watch out for these signsAutoimmune liver disease can be transmitted genetically or is caused because of some reactions wherein the liver cells are recognised as in...
12 Sep, 2017, 09.42 AM IST
FDA okays Glenmark's first-in-human study for respiratory drugAccording to IMS sales data for the 12-month period ending February 2017, annual sales of XOLAIR 150 mg injection was approximately $1.7 bi...
25 Apr, 2017, 12.57 PM IST
Rabishield: First fast-acting anti-rabies drug set for India launchRMAb has been developed by Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) and US-based Mass Biologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical...
24 Feb, 2016, 12.51 PM IST