Topic: Microbiology
Clinical Human Infection Model – CHIM
In CHIM, the researchers infected healthy volunteers with a weak strain of pathogen in a controlled setting. This helped them to learn more about infection and develop new...Scheme to screen all Children for Leprosy and TB
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has rolled out a programme for universal screening of children below 18 years for leprosy and tuberculosis (TB). About the...Researchers at IIT Guwahati develop portable device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays
The researchers at IIT Guwahati have developed a low-cost portable device to detect bacteria without cell culture or microbiological assays. The hand-held device with bio-compatible sensor can also...