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FELUDA: First Gene based COVID-19 test approved in India
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has recently approved the gene-based COVID-19 test called Feluda. The test was indigenously developed and uses cutting edge CRISPR gene editing technology to detect the COVID-19 virus. Highlights The test was developed by scientists based in Council of scientific and Industrial Research Institute of genomics and integrative Biology CSIR-IDIB ..
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: antigen testing • Cas9 • COVID-19 testing • CRISPR • CRISPR gene editing • ELISA • feluda • rapid antibody testing • rapid antigen detection test • RT-PCR • saliva direct test
Researchers created world’s first gene-edited Lizard
Researchers from the University of Georgia have successfully targeted the pigmentation genes of Anolis sagrei lizards to create four nearly transparent albino offspring. The lizards have been genetically modified using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool. Researchers were able to microinject CRISPR proteins into multiple immature eggs or oocytes located in the ovaries of 21 Anolis ..
Topics: Biology • Biotechnology • Branches of biology • Cas9 • CRISPR • CRISPR gene editing • Emerging technologies • Genetic engineering • Genome editing • Human Nature • Immune system • Life sciences
China’s researchers claims to create world’s first single-chromosome yeast
Molecular biologists at the Centre for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences in China have claimed to create the world’s first single-chromosome yeast while not affecting the majority of its functions. If their claim is true then this breakthrough could help in furthering research related to aging and diseases in humans. They used CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing to ..
Topics: Biology • Biotechnology • Branches of biology • Cas9 • Centromere • CRISPR • Genetic engineering • Genetics • Genome editing • Immune system • Molecular biology • Telomere