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Although India has made much headway in the field of genome sequencing, it is dependent on chemicals that have to be imported.Science
Genome sequencing takes a hit in India

It is not known if the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19 is in India while another variant has been identified in South...

22 Dec 2020 2:21 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab from a woman for a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) Covid-19 coronavirus tests in Ahmedabad on November 23, 2020. (AFP)Science
45 per cent people developed antibodies against Covid-19 in Nellore

The survey covering 4,500 people from different walks of life was conducted in November

21 Dec 2020 2:00 AM IST

Given their different orbits round the sun, the one on Monday will appear to be the closest the planets have come in about 400 years.Science
Jupiter, Saturn to be in a ‘great conjunction-'

Conjunctions between Saturn and Jupiter occur every 20 years or so but the distance betwen them as seen from Earth...

21 Dec 2020 12:10 AM IST

Since immunity is compromised, development of disease is inevitable as it was noted in organ transplant cases. If it is due to use of medicines, there has to be a rethink as to how to minimise its use.Science
Steroids used in Covid treatmet leading to fungal infections in few...

The cases of fungal infection emerging now are mostly due to the excessive use of steroids

17 Dec 2020 6:58 AM IST

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The rat race for COVID vaccine

The search to develop the COVID-19 vaccine is at its peak, with several companies desperate to claim the first spot. In

7 Dec 2020 12:09 PM IST

The United States plans to distribute 6.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in the first week after it is cleared for emergency use. (Representational Image:AFP)Science
After Pfizer, Serum Institute seeks approval for COVID-19 vaccine

The Pune-based company has collaborated with Oxford University and pharmaceutical company Astra Zeneca for making the...

7 Dec 2020 11:49 AM IST

It has been found that the overall concordance is 96.9 per cent and it is low cost and there is a quick turnaround time.Science
CCMD gets ICMR nod for dry swab method tests

The technique, approved by ICMR, involves taking nasal swabs in dry state and putting them in a tube which can be sent...

28 Nov 2020 9:59 AM IST

AstraZeneca offices and the corporate logo in Cambridge, England. AstraZeneca says late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine were \highly effective in preventing disease. A vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford prevented 70% of people from developing the coronavirus in late-stage trials, the team reported Monday Nov. 23, 2020.(AP)Science
No severe safety event on Covid vaccine: AstraZeneca

There were 23,000 participants being assessed, who among them would be following two regimes of half dose and full dose

24 Nov 2020 2:05 AM IST

An illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes, with the logo of the University of Oxford and its partner British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. (AFP)Science
Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine -'encouraging-' for older age...

Older individuals are at disproportionate risk of severe COVID-19 and so any vaccine adopted for use must be effective...

19 Nov 2020 2:38 PM IST

This picture taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading \Vaccine Covid-19\ next to the Moderna biotech company logo. - The CEO of Moderna warned European countries on November 17 that dragging out negotiations to purchase its promising new Covid-19 vaccine will slow down deliveries, as other nations that have signed deals will get priority. The biotech company Pfizer said the day after that a completed study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine showed it is 95 percent effective, after Moderna said its own vaccine was 94.5 percent effective, according to a preliminary analysis. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)Science
Explained | Here-'s how coronavirus vaccine trials work

To find out whether experimental Covid-19 vaccines are effective, researchers design clinical trials involving thousands...

19 Nov 2020 6:23 AM IST

Russia on Tuesday, Aug. 11 became the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine for use in tens of thousands of its citizens despite international skepticism about injections that have not completed clinical trials and were studied in only dozens of people for less than two months. (AP)Science
Protein-based COVID vaccine candidates more suitable for India,...

That potentially rules out the 3 vaccine candidates that have shown over 90% efficiency over the last week - Pfizer,...

18 Nov 2020 5:30 PM IST

This creative image taken in a studio in Paris on November 16, 2020, showing a syringe and a vaccine vial with the reproducted logo of a US biotech firm Moderna, illustrates the announcement of an experimental vaccine against Covid-19 from Moderna that would be nearly 95% effective, marking a second major step forward in the quest to end the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)Science
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine candidate is 94.5% effective

Moderna-'s announcement comes just a week after Pfizer said their COVID-19 vaccine candidate was more than 90 per cent...

17 Nov 2020 6:11 AM IST

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