Under 5% of disease-focussed genomic studies conducted in low, middle-income countries: WHOGenomic studies for diseases are overwhelmingly conducted in wealthy nations. Low and middle-income countries participate minimally. Cancer...
23 Dec, 2025, 02.25 PM IST
Under 5 pc of disease-focussed genomic studies conducted in low, middle-income countries: WHOA World Health Organization analysis reveals over 80% of global genomic disease studies are in high-income countries, with under 5% in low ...
23 Dec, 2025, 02.25 PM IST
Deepinder Goyal teases 'crazy insight' from longevity venture ContinueIn a post on X, Deepinder Goyal said the company has been investigating a new explanation for why humans age, describing it as a "crazy ins...
13 Nov, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
India’s first genome-edited rice varieties will boost rice yields by 20-30%, reduce water consumption: Shivraj Singh ChouhanUnion Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that these genome-edited rice varieties are expected to help achieve the target of bo...
05 May, 2025, 03.55 PM IST
Study finds genotyping can detect Covid variants more rapidlyA recent study suggests that genotyping, a technique for analysing genetic differences, can detect new variants of SARS-CoV-2 almost a week...
18 Jan, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
Decoded: How dangerous Covid variants emergeThe team, led by those from the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE), discovered that the likelihood of a substitu...
29 Apr, 2023, 05.41 PM IST
Piatrika Biosystems raises $1.2 million in seed funding from Ankur CapitalPiatrika Biosystems is building a new innovative cloud-based enterprise Platform-As-A-Service (PAAS) for agri-genomic discoveries, plant br...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.51 PM IST
XE variant of COVID not more severe than Omicron: Dr Gagandeep Kang"We were worried about BA.2 but it did not cause more serious disease than BA.1. XE does not cause more serious disease than BA.1 or BA.2,"...
07 Apr, 2022, 11.03 PM IST
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...
22 Sep, 2021, 06.56 AM IST
2020: When Indian scientists shifted focus to COVID-19 and made huge stridesWhile many modified their research to suit COVID-19, others started afresh to cater to the more pressing and immediate demand - beating the...
27 Dec, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
MedGenome secures $55 million funding led by LeapFrog InvestmentsMedGenome plans to use the funds raised to expand clinical genomic testing to India's tier-2 and tier-3 towns and cities, as well as toward...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.27 AM IST
- Ancient syphilis causing genomes recovered
London, June 25 (IANS) Scientists have recovered the first historic genomes from a bacterium that causes syphilis -- a sexually transmitted...
25 Jun, 2018, 06.52 PM IST
Scientists track genetic race between humans and mosquitoesThe study suggests that understanding the genomes of these populations could help inform agencies which pesticides are likely to be most ef...
04 Jul, 2015, 01.26 PM IST
Bangalore-based Strand Life Science creates affordable cancer-detection kitBreast cancer is the most prevalent cancer among Indian women with approximately 1.5 lakh new patients being diagnosed every year.
22 Apr, 2014, 11.27 AM IST
Hot hires: Mathematicians coming of age to become the most sought after professionalsAs mathematical techniques improve, many day-to-day problems are being solved mathematically, thereby helping cos take better decisions.
14 Jan, 2013, 06.24 PM IST
- BGI and ICRISAT signs agreement on applied genomics research
The MoU was signed by Dr William D. Dar, Director General of ICRISAT and Dr Gengyun Zhang, Vice President of BGI.
25 Apr, 2012, 12.33 PM IST
- Centre to promote genetic engg institute
There are around 300 institutions in the public and private sector working on genetic engineering research programmes relevant to important...
19 Aug, 2006, 01.04 AM IST