Tag: DBT
‘Pharmacy of the world’ is in peril
The latest study has identified key reasons for India increasingly losing out in the drug market, and the reasons why China is succeeding............
Need to break the mindset of working in silos, says Dr...
Union S&T Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan has urged the concerned ministries and departments to identify commonalities for technological solutions that can be taken to various stakeholders...........
India’s R&D expenditure trebled between 2004 to 2015
The gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) has more than tripled from Rs. 24,117 crore to Rs. 85,326 crore in the decade from 2004-05 to 2014-15..........
BioVoice eMag December 2017 – January 2018 Issue-7 Volume-2
BioVoice eMag December 2017 – January 2018 Issue-7 Volume-2:
In this issue of the BioVoice magazine, the ‘Cover Story’ focuses on the various policy initiatives taken within...
Genetic switch that decides fate of embryonic stem cells found
Researchers observed Tbx6 expression in NMPs in mouse embryos. They found that the gene is specifically expressed in NMPs fated to become mesoderm, which goes on to make muscle and skeleton..............
Academic positions open at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
There is no last date and the application for various posts at Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB) can be made throughout the year till the positions are filled up.........
Indian startups working on rapid tests to checkmate antibiotic resistance
Four research startups with innovative ideas have been selected for research grants to develop such rapid tests.........
BIO-TERROR: By releasing guidelines at Geneva, India has displayed its responsibility...
The document that specifies practices for handling hazardous biological material was released during 2017-Meeting of States Parties of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) at Geneva, Switzerland....................
A new diagnostic test on cards for prostate cancer
Although further validation needs to be done on larger datasets, scientists believe MIC-1 could be a potential marker that might be routinely used in the laboratory for prostate cancer diagnosis with or without Prostate-Specific Antigen..............
War against Rotavirus to get a boost
The union government will be shortly rolling out the Rotavac vaccine against diarrheal diseases in four more states including Uttar Pradesh, thereby increasing the coverage area to a significantly better chunk of population............