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Role of Lipids in Infectious Diseases
Scientists from IIT Bombay are exploring the possibility of using ‘biologically active lipid molecules’ as tools to explain their disease causing function. Lipids Lipid is a biomolecule that is capable of dissolving in non-polar solvents like hydrocarbons. Apart from being a vital structural component of cell membranes, they have other functions like energy storage and ..
Topics: antibiotics • Infectious diseases • Lipid • Mycobacterium tuberculosis • R&D
GoI: 5th Meeting of Task Force of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients discuss Corona Virus
On February 18, 2020, the Ministry of Shipping and Chemical Fertilizers held the fifth meeting of Task Force. The Task Force discussed small, medium and large API units. Highlights The Ministry discussed on the availability of medicines and drugs to control the impacts of Corona Virus. The Task Force also discussed and ensured that there ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: antibiotics • Apis • Biopharmaceuticals • Corona virus • Diseases • India China • Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers • Pharmaceuticals
Antibiotics in Crops registered under Insecticide Act 1968
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 10th December 2019 informed that Aureofungin, Kasugamycin, Validamycin, and Streptomycin+Tetracycline combination are the antibiotics that are registered under the Insecticide Act 1968. These antibiotics are used as pesticides to combat bacterial and fungal diseases ..
Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs
Topics: antibiotics • Environment • Insecticide Act 1968 • Lok Sabha • Minister of agriculture and Farmers welfare • Narendra Singh Tomar • Pesticides
Access to Antibiotics
The report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in the US has made the following observations about the antibiotics and their access: Majority of the world’s annual 5.7 million antibiotic-treatable deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In low- and middle-income countries the mortality burden from treatable bacterial infections far exceeds the estimated ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Topics: Antibiotic resistance • antibiotics • CDDEP • Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy • low income countries • middle income countries • sub-Saharan Africa • USA
Shortage of Doctors in India
The report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in the US has made the following observations about the healthcare system in India: India has a shortage of an estimated 600,000 doctors and 2 million nurses. Lack of properly trained staff to administer antibiotics is preventing patients from accessing life-saving drugs. Even when antibiotics are available, patients ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Topics: antibiotics • CDDEP • Center for Disease Dynamics Economics & Policy • shortage of doctors • USA • WHO • World Health Organisation
Enzyme to Arrest Bacteria Cell Growth Discovered
Scientists from the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) have discovered a new enzyme which helps in breaking cell walls of bacteria. This discovery offers the potential for a new drug delivery system to arrest the anti-bacterial resistance through existing antibiotic drugs. Why the discovery is of great significance? A lot of antibiotics are ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Anti-bacterial Resistance • antibiotics • CCMB • Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research • CSIR • Hyderabad • Murein EndopeptidiaseK • UNESCO