Tag: India
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..................
DKMS builds public stem cell bank for blood cancer patients
As the world’s largest donor center, DKMS thus tackles new and future challenges with the establishment of the DKMS Stem Cell Bank, which is currently underway in Dresden, Germany........................
DBT-BIRAC backed COVID-19 Research Consortium funds 16 proposals, seeks more applications
Proposals have been sought on the development of diagnostics, vaccines, therapeutics, and other interventions. Among 500 applications received so far, 16 proposals have been recommended for funding support
World Hemophilia Day: Takeda India stands united for hemophilia patients
While approximately 21,000 hemophilic patients are registered in India, the ongoing government support, standards of care have improved in the country......................
COVID-19: DBT backed consortium aims to to produce therapeutic antibodies
Anti-COVID Consortium backed by the Department of Biotechnology involving the public-private partnership is working to produce therapeutic antibodies against SARS-CoV-2......................
ICMR approves THSTI as COVID-19 testing facility for Faridabad region
The bioassay laboratory of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) will now function as an extension of the diagnostic facility of ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad for COVID-19 testing....................
COVID-19: Mental health related queries see a 50% spike, reveal Practo...
Online consultation at Practo which is growing at a rate of 100% week on week has been seeing a steep rise in the number of consults coming in for psychiatry.......................
IMTECH all geared up to test COVID-19 clinical samples
CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) has announced that it will take up coronavirus (COVID-19) sample testing to increase the testing rate among suspected patients.......................
C-CAMP, UNHIE & Social Alpha come together to push forward COVID-19...
The special COVID-19 focussed Accelerator named as “COVID-19 Innovations Deployment Accelerator” or CIDA is an attempt to align near deployment-ready innovations with unmet needs and help them overcome last-mile gaps wherever and howsoever possible.....................
COVID-19: FCI ramps up food grain supplies across the country amid...
Total 352 rakes carrying about 9.86 LMT food grains have been moved since the lockdown began on 24th March...............