Tag: COVID-19
Govt lauds the efforts of CSIR scientists against COVID-19
Minister for Science and Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan has appreciated CSIR for submitting 53 sequences of COVID-19 genomes to the Global Coronavirus Genome Database, Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)..................
Scientists to culture novel coronavirus in human lung epithelial cell
Indian scientists are attempting to grow novel coronavirus in human cell lines, which will enable in vitro testing of potential drugs and vaccines against the COVID-19............................
NASSCOM organizes webinar on combating COVID19 with technology
Post COVID19, healthcare community calls for greater adoption of telemedicine and mobile technology to make healthcare accessible and affordable. Virtual conference emphasizes on ‘frugal innovation in medicine’ driven by technologies like cloud computing, Artificial Intelligence, GIS...................
COVID-19: ICMR to leverage IBM Watson Assistant to bolster rapid response...
The virtual agent has been deployed on protected pages of the ICMR website and can be accessed only by authorized personnel who are involved with sample collection and testing in hospitals and diagnostic labs..................
CSIR-IIP to set up viral testing facility to fight COVID-19
The Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) is establishing an RT-PCR-based COVID-19 testing facility in its Dehradun campus..............................
The holy grail to fight pandemics such as COVID-19!
While it takes a few years of deliberate and careful work to develop a commercial vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has slightly changed the traditional vaccine development approach, writes Arti Dumbrepatil..................
HCARD, a robot, to assist frontline COVID-19 healthcare warriors
The robotic device HCARD, in short for Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device, can help frontline healthcare workers in maintaining physical distance from those infected by coronavirus.......................
COVID-19: CSIR identifies top drug candidates for repurposing
Towards providing drugs for coronavirus patients in India, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has identified 25 drugs/drug candidates for repurposing.....................
COVID-19: Premas Biotech tries multi-antigenic approach to develop a vaccine
The triple antigen vaccine being developed by Premas Biotech is being designed to try to overcome presently known and possible future mutations of novel coronavirus...................
Himachal govt notifies CSIR-IHBT as a COVID-19 testing centre
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) of the Government of Himachal Pradesh has notified this facility for undertaking COVID-19 tests by an office order on 22 April 2020....................