Weekly Biotech News of India
Souradip Mallick, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela Growing antimicrobial resistance is one of the major threats to the world. It has been estimated that over 10 million deaths each year by 2050 if no action is taken. The World Health Organization (WHO) also apprises that by 2030, drug-resistant diseases could force up to 24 million […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata After Black and White Fungus, the first case of “Yellow Fungus” has been reported from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. A 45-year-old patient, resident of Sanjay Nagar in Harsh Hospital was found to have symptoms of Yellow Fungus. The patient also had symptoms of Black and White Fungus, according to an […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Amidst the concerns over surging cases of an aggressive and invasive fungal infection – ‘Black Fungus’ recently several cases of ‘White Fungus’ have been reported in India. This infection has been confirmed in four patients in Bihar one of them being a famous doctor in Patna. This infection is said […]
Aakancha Shaw, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata On Wednesday, the ICMR issued an advisory for the use of a home testing kit for Covid-19. This home testing kit is the rapid antigen testing kit developed and validated by Mylab Discovery Solutions, named “Coviself Covid19 OTC Antigen LF device”. Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has also […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone Abbreviations used in the following article: 2-DG: 2-deoxy-D-glucose DRDO: Defence Research and Development Organization INMAS: Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences DCGI: Drugs Controller General of India The 2-DG anti-covid drug jointly developed by DRDO’s INMAS laboratory and Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has finally been launched yesterday (Monday, 17th May, 2021). […]
Ayooshi Mitra, Amity University Kolkata The pandemic is storming through India at an alarming rate. Since early March, daily case numbers have skyrocketed. Only a few months ago, antibody data suggested that many people in cities like Delhi and Chennai had already been infected, leading some researchers to believe that the worst of the pandemic had […]
Anannya Roy, Amity University Kolkata One of the main functions a cell performs is the synthesis of proteins. This is done with the help of a set of factors called “transcription factors”. A team of researchers from Uppasala University have succeeded in studying transcription factors that are several billion years old. The studies helped them […]
Srilagna Sarkar, Amity University Kolkata Tata Medical and Diagnostics are in talks to team up with India’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in order to carry out Moderna’s vaccine candidate in India. Tata Group’s healthcare venture is said to have started the initial discussion with Moderna Inc on partnership in launching its COVID-19 vaccine […]
Sagnik Nag, Amity University Kolkata A new study published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), claims that a woman’s menopause stage is a key factor that can affect cognitive performance, and declines in memory may persist in the post-menopause period and, contrary to previous studies, shows that certain cognitive […]
-Chitra Roy, University of Calcutta Covaxin, India’s indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, has been a subject of criticism due to its approval for restricted emergency use despite hot having published any phase 3 efficacy data. However, until recently, Bharat Biotech, the manufacturer of Covaxin claimed that its vaccine potentially generated safety data with the robust immune response […]
