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Government gives nod to introduction of Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2015

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2015. The bill aims for establishment...

December 3, 2015

Union Government launches BIRAC AcE Fund to accelerate growth of entrepreneurs in Biotechnology

Union Government on 19 March 2015 launched Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) AcE Fund to accelerate growth of entrepreneurs in Biotechnology. It was announced by Minister of...

March 19, 2015

"Right to Research (R2R) Foundation" to promote Indian researchers launched

With a view to support foreign-educated and trained Indian researchers to help them find suitable jobs, upon their return to the country, a group of researchers and academicians...

August 3, 2014    Science & Technology

RTS,S: World's first vaccine against Malaria to hit markets soon

The world’s first malaria vaccine— RTS,S created by pharma company GSK, is expected to hit the markets by 2015. GSK has submitted a regulatory application to the European...

July 30, 2014    Science & Technology

Over 90% of human genome is ‘junk’ DNA: Research

According to the researches at Oxford University, less than 9.5% of human DNA is functional. This is in contrast to the hitherto presumed theory that 80% of the...

July 26, 2014    Science & Technology

The Miracle girl "Mississippi baby"cured of HIV as an infant now detected with virus again

The baby girl who had emerged as a ray of hope for the global combat against AIDS, when she was cured of HIV after being born to an...

July 12, 2014    Science & Technology

4 new vaccines added to India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)

As per an announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India plans to introduce four new vaccines as part of India’s Universal Immunization Programme (UIP)....

July 3, 2014    Government Schemes Current Affairs

India denies patent to US pharmaceutical firm Abraxis BioSciences' anti-cancer drug "Abraxane"

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has denied a patent on US firm Abraxis BioSciences’ anti-cancer drug ‘Abraxane’. The application was rejected on the grounds that the drug lacked invention, not being...

June 24, 2014    Science & Technology

Immunotherapists from US and Japan win the inaugural 'Tang Prize'

Immunologists Dr James Allison of the US and Dr Tasuku Honjo of Japan were named joint recipients of the inaugural Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science for their discoveries...

June 20, 2014    Awards, Honours & Persons in News

Effectiveness of Medication is Gene-dependent: Research; that's why a particular drug is effective for certain people but not for others.

A new research attempts to answer why a particular drug is effective for certain people but not for others. The research team has found that genes play a...

May 14, 2014    Science & Technology

Scientists succeed in replicating semi-synthetic DNA containing unnatural bases

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have succeeded in replicating deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) which contained artificially inserted synthetic pair of DNA “letters,” or bases, not found in...

May 13, 2014    Science & Technology

UK conducts world’s biggest human organ imaging project

The UK has launched world’s biggest scanning project- UK Bio-bank imaging study  in which 100,000 British volunteers are participating to undergo a detailed imaging of their brain, heart and...

May 4, 2014    Science & Technology