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In 1822, Europeans brought honey bees to Australia as agricultural heroes; 200 years later, researchers found they were helping tree death spread faster than windNew research published in NeoBiota suggests western honey bees may be helping spread myrtle rust, a destructive fungal disease threatening ...- Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...
- Wockhardt gets CDSCO nod for Zaynich antibioticWockhardt Ltd has secured approval from the CDSCO for its new antibiotic, Zaynich. This drug is developed in India and will be used to trea...
- Hantavirus outbreak: How an African lab identified the deadly Andes strainA hantavirus scare aboard a cruise ship off Cape Verde prompted a rapid scientific response, with researchers in Senegal quickly identifyin...
- In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
- ‘Zombie Worm’ awakens after 24,000 years: Scientists revive a frozen worm that can survive freezing, starvation and even reproduce without partner‘Zombie Worm’ revived by scientists: A 24,000-year-old microscopic worm, a bdelloid rotifer, has been revived from Siberian permafrost, ast...
- Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship: India monitors situation, no cases on Indian soilThe Union Health Ministry is monitoring hantavirus cases on the cruise ship MV Hondius, where three deaths and five confirmed infections ha...
- Can watermelon turn so deadly that it can kill you? Doctors explain after 4 Mumbai deaths & here’s how to eat it safelyA tragic incident in Mumbai, where four family members died after reportedly consuming watermelon, has raised concerns over food poisoning,...
- How to Keep Your Humidifier Clean of MoldUnmaintained humidifiers can become breeding grounds for bacteria and mold, releasing harmful microbes into your home. Regular maintenance,...
- Ebola threat looms: Fighting in DR Congo risks deadly pathogen escape; Red cross warns of 'unimaginable consequences'The Red Cross expressed serious concern over the risk of Ebola and other pathogens escaping from a laboratory in Goma, DR Congo, due to ong...
- Kerala gets hi-tech lab to carry out research on viruses like COVID-19's SARS-CoV-2A new Bio-safety Level-3 Lab is being established near the Kerala capital by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) to conduct re...
- Next Covid-19 strain may be more dangerous: Lab studyThe study, led by Alex Sigal at the Africa Health Research Institute in the South African city of Durban, indicates that the Covid-19 patho...
- Bacterial infections behind death of one in eight persons in 2019The mortality rate associated with bacterial infections was highest in Sub-Saharan Africa and lowest in high-income regions, including West...
- Inside the Swiss lab trying to stop the next pandemicSpiez Laboratory has been tasked by WHO to discover microbes.
- WHO says it advised Ukraine to destroy pathogens in health labs to prevent disease spreadThe World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy high-threat pathogens housed in the country's public health laboratories to preven...
- China to build more bio labs amidst questions over Wuhan lab's role in coronavirus originUnder the new Biosecurity Law, China will continue to build and approve more labs specialising in advanced pathogenic microbiology with a s...
- View: Genome editing and lessons for IndiaIn the CRISPR system, a specific region in the bacterial genome collects small DNA snippets of the invading phage between repeat-spacer arr...
- 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...
- Going under the knife? Over one-third of heart surgery devices contaminated with bacteriaMultiple other strains of micro bacteria were also detected in other units.
- Climate change causing more infectious diseases to emergeScientists have assumed parasites don't quickly jump from one species to another because of the way parasites and hosts co-evolve.
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