Tag: CCMB
CCMB plans to initiate studies on mental health genomics
With a plan to initiate studies on mental health genomics in collaboration with Prof Vikram Patel’s group at Harvard Medical School, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) aims to understand the predisposition of mental illnesses..................
CCMB Hyderabad gets advanced next generation sequencing facility
The facility includes technology for high genome sequencing and also diagnostic sequencing of clinical samples. The state of art machine, acquired at a cost of Rs 8 crore can sequence 18,000 samples in 8 minutes...................
Lab cultivated meat to soon become a reality
The Cellular and Molecular Biology in collaboration with National Research Centre on Meat, has initiated research aimed at producing meat through cellular agriculture or cells sourced from animals and later cultivated into meat....................
Scientists identify genetic factors responsible for infertility among Indian men
The chances of developing a genetic test for male infertility in the near future have increased multifold as a group of Indian scientists has now found underlying genetic factors for infertility among Indian men..............
CSIR scientists working on new vaccine for malaria
The researchers at Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are working towards developing a whole parasite vaccine that can be conditionally attenuated when given to humans.............
Indian scientists working to unravel rare type of diarrhoea
Studies to understand the basis of the disease and perhaps provide ways of helping patients have recently got a shot in the arm................
Nutrition may help overcome genetic risk of diabetes, reveals CCMB study
New research has revealed that good nutrition in the form of B12 and folic acid supplements has a beneficial impact on genes associated with Type 2 diabetes.............
Lalji Singh is no more: A tribute to the father of...
The widely acclaimed scientist, Padmashri Dr Lalji Singh was the pioneer of DNA Fingerprinting technology in India and known as an effective administrator and founder of many institutes and laboratories.................
A journalistic tribute to Dr P M Bhargava
Having known Late Dr P M Bhargava for last three decades, former leading journalist and now COO of ABLE, Narayanan Suresh recalls his association with him besides giving a journalistic account of his interactions with veteran scientist............
Pushpa Mittra Bhargava – conscientious scientist and advocate of scientific temper
Dr P M Bhargava believed in doing and promoting world class biology and biotechnology research in India, yet he opposed the way biotechnology was used to further commercial interests, writes Dinesh Sharma.........