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ICMR approves India’s first home screening test kit of COVID-19
The Indian Council of Medical Research recently approved the home testing COVID-19 kit that was designed by a startup called Bione. Highlights The prices of the kit ranges between Rs 2,000 and Rs 3,000. In order to take the test, one has to clean his or her finger with alcohol and use the lancet in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: COVID-19 testing • DNA • DNA Analysis Centre • DNA sequencing • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) • Next Generation Sequencing (NSG) Facility • Startup
New Methods for Quantum Chemistry
Indian scientists from IIT Bombay are working to develop free and efficient software for quantum chemistry research. Their work is expected to have major implications for cancer treatment. Quantum Chemistry Quantum chemistry is a branch of science that makes use of principles of quantum mechanics in chemistry. It is a relatively new branch that studies ..
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Cancer treatments • DNA • Quantum mechanics
CRISPR (CaS9)-The Gene Editing Tool used to treat blindness for the first time
The Gene Editing Tool called CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) has been used for the first time to treat blindness. However, doctors claimed that it will take a month to check if the vision of the patient has restored. This has been achieved at the Oregon University, Portland, USA. What is CRISPR? It ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: CRISPR gene-editing technique • CRISPR-Cas • CRISPR-Cas9 • DNA • Gene editing Technology • Genetic Diseases • genetic disorders • Genome
Tony Joseph wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize
New Delhi based Journalist and English author, Tony Joseph won the 12th edition of Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. Tony Joseph won the award for his book ‘Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From’ which tells about the story of origins of the first humans who occupied the Indian subcontinent ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: Archaeology • Biology • DNA • Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From • Linguistics • Population genetics • Shakti Bhatt Foundation • Social history • Tony Joseph
The researchers at IIT Kanpur develops a novel molecular framework for superbugs
The researchers at the IIT Kanpur and the Lucknow-based Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) have designed a novel molecular framework to destroy superbugs, which are becoming increasingly resistant to most known antibiotics. It would help drugs latch on to the germs and prevent them from multiplying. For the study, the scientists used bacteria – Staphylococcus ..
Topics: Antimicrobial resistance • Bacteriology • DNA • DNA gyrase • Drug resistance • Gram-positive bacteria • Health • Medical specialties • Medicine • Staphylococcus aureus
DNA Regulation Bill
The government has cleared the DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill for introduction in parliament. Features of the Bill The Bill provides for a regulatory framework for obtaining, storing and testing of DNA samples of human beings, mainly for the purposes of criminal investigations, and with the objective of establishing the identity of a ..
Topics: crime scene index • DNA • DNA data bank • DNA regulatory board • DNA technology • DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill • missing persons� index • offenders� index • Privacy • Suspect Index • Undertrail Index • unknown deceased persons� index