Tag: Technology

Over 2500+ representatives across forensics, medical, law enforcement, legal, judiciary, and academia participated in a virtual conference hosted by Gujarat Forensic Sciences University that called for stepping up DNA evidence ‘collect & test’ in India to combat expected surge in rape cases...........................

The kits will be based on RT-LAMP (Reverse Transcriptase Loop-Mediated Amplification) technology for COVID-19 detection which can produce results in significantly less time thereby increasing the throughput of labs in India.....................

As per the Medical Technology Association of India, elective surgeries account for approximately 50% of revenues for hospitals in normal business conditions and reduced revenues have curtailed hospitals’ ability to pay for supplies, thereby severely disrupting entire healthcare value chain................

CSIR through its NMITLI program approves a multi institutional project to develop human monoclonal antibodies (hmAbs) that can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in patients. The project will be implemented by National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), IIT-Indore and PredOmix Technologies with Bharat Biotech International, as the commercialization partner...........................

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)..................

The Association of Indian Medical Devices Industry (AiMeD) has applauded the Government of India's decision to import medical devices considering the immediate requirement due to COVID-19 crisis but cautioned the Government about the harmful effects of Duty-Free Imports...................

As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic emergency, Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Lab supported the Indian startup Inali in the rapid development of a safe, affordable “smart ventilator” that could be quickly manufactured and deployed for emergency use....................

Anti-COVID Consortium backed by the Department of Biotechnology involving the public-private partnership is working to produce therapeutic antibodies against SARS-CoV-2......................

These are times of war, deliver solutions before the war ends, not a routine research project, stated the union science and technology minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan during his video interaction with directors of various CSIR institutes.....................

The state governments, as per the Medical Technology Association of India are clamping down manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, of medical devices and equipment and have not understood that this 21-day lockdown is to prepare the hospitals for the tidal wave of patients........................