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Life on Earth has always used four DNA letters, but scientists have created a bigger genetic alphabet and found something unexpectedScientists have demonstrated RNA polymerase can read eight genetic letters. This enzyme accurately transcribes synthetic DNA, which nature ...- Enhanced recombination: A shot in the arm for SARS-CoV-2The team analysed genomic sequences of all the viral strains that appeared between November 2019 and July 2022 in various databases worldwi...
- CoVarScan is here! New Covid test can identify all variants in hoursThe test detects the signatures of 8 hotspots on the Covid virus.
- Covid vaccinated people with prior infection may have more antibodies, says new studyFurther investigation is needed to determine whether increased post-vaccination durability in previously infected people is attributable to...
- Scientists from India, Russia, Brazil, South Africa will collaborate on Covid researchThe consolidation of efforts, knowledge and experience of scientists and specialists from different areas will lead to the optimisation of ...
- Covid-19: NEERI develops ‘saline gargle’ RT-PCR testThe method is simple, fast, cost-effective, patient-friendly and comfortable, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) sai...
- Decoded: What prevalence of B.1.617 strain means for IndiaIt means two very important things: genome sequencing from samples of infected people and nationwide vaccinations.
- Chemotherapy drug outperforms remdesivir against coronavirus in lab experiments: StudyUsing this hybrid approach, scientists from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology in China, screened 1,906 existing drugs for thei...
- Study shows Favipiravir provides multiple benefits in COVID-19 treatment: GlenmarkThe Phase 3 study with Favipiravir, sold under the brand name FabiFlu, by the company was conducted in 150 patients, it added. Favipiravir ...
- Researchers develop new, inexpensive COVID-19 test that doesn't use scarce reagentsThe method, described in the journal PLOS Biology, omits the step in the widely used reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PC...
- Equine Biotech, incubated at IISc, develops indigenous testing kit for Covid-19The test kit, called GlobalTM diagnostic and based on Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR), has been approved for use i...
- Maharashtra may reduce Covid-19 testing rates at private labs by 40 per centA month ago, the state government had cut the test charge to 2,500 from 4,500. RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tes...
- 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.
- 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...
- Mylab launches machine to automate molecular diagnostic tests including those for COVID-19Earlier in March, Mylab had received commercial approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) for its COVID-19 test...
- CCMB develops new, low-cost testing method for covid-19; ICMR nod awaitedIt eliminates the time-consuming RNA extraction in testing and imported viral transfer medium (VTM), required to transfer the swab samples ...
- Indian-origin scientist identifies four possible drugs to treat COVID-19The study, published in the journal Pathogens, found that all four drugs were effective in inhibiting, or blocking, the coronavirus' RNA pr...
- Shortage of key kits may hurt COVID-19 diagnosisLab technicians fighting the war against the coronavirus in India are armed with insufficient RNA extraction kits — one of the vital compon...
- Sexual transmission of Ebola virus in Liberia confirmedA suspected case of sexual transmission of Ebola virus disease in Liberia has been confirmed using genomic analysis, scientists say.
- New compound may treat HIV, drug-resistant TBResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a new molecule that may treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and even HIV in...
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