SCIENCE & RESEARCH

RNA extraction kit Agappe Chitra Magna launched commercially for COVID-19 detection

11:12 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi: Dr VK Saraswat, NITI Aayog member and President of Institute body of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) has announced here the commercial launch of Agappe Chitra Magna, a magnetic nanoparticle-based RNA extraction kit for use during testing for detection of COVID-19. The announcement was made by Dr VK […]

Artificial Intelligence hub in Bengaluru to promote technology innovations: DST

IIT Guwahati discovers ways to prevent memory loss due to Alzheimers

11:04 am May 22, 2020

New Delhi/Guwahati: Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati have worked on out-of-the-box ideas that can help prevent or reduce short-term memory losses associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The research team was headed by Prof. Vibin Ramakrishnan, Professor, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Harshal Nemade, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical […]

Govt opens space sector for private players

8:52 pm May 16, 2020

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced giving the private sector a role in India’s space programme, including in satellites, launches and space-based services. For boosting private participation in space activities, government will provide level playing field for private companies in satellites, launches and space-based services. Also, the government will provide predictable policy […]

Fauci says vaccine goal would cover 67 million

Fauci hopes for vaccine in advanced trials by early winter

12:37 am May 13, 2020

Washington: Dr Anthony Fauci says the government is working on several potential vaccines for COVID-19. We have many candidates and hope to have many winners, he told the Senate Health, Education, Labour and Pension committee. In other words, it is many shots on goal. Despite the rapid pace of work on vaccines, Fauci was offering […]

China approves third COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

5:01 pm April 25, 2020

Beijing: China has approved its third coronavirus vaccine for the second phase of clinical trials as it reported 12 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the country to 82,816. China has approved three coronavirus vaccines, including the one developed by Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for clinical trials. An […]