Swine influenza Current Affairs, GK & News
Kolkata becomes first city to install RT-PCR machines in India
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has installed first of its kind high-end reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) machines in India for quick detection of diseases such as dengue, tuberculosis and swine flu. The machines will serve as a “third umpire” in situations when medical reports and blood tests reveal contradictory results. Its objective is ..
Topics: Biochemistry • Biotechnology • Branches of biology • Dengue fever • Flu pandemic • Laboratory techniques • Molecular biology • Natural sciences • Polymerase chain reaction • Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction • Swine influenza • Transcription
India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab come up in Kolkata
Shripad Yesso Naik, the Union Minister of State for AYUSH, has inaugurated the India’s first State of art virology laboratory at Dr Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata, West Bengal. The laboratory, established at a cost of Rs. 8 crore is the only one in India for conducting basic and fundamental research ..
Topics: Flu pandemic • Infectious diseases • Medical specialties • Medicine • Ministry of Ayush • Neglected diseases • RTT • Shripad Naik • Swine influenza • Tropical diseases • Unani medicine • Vaccine-preventable diseases
Current Affairs : January 20, 2010
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Month: Current Affairs - January, 2010
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bharti Enterprises • Current Affairs 2010 • Desertification • Great Indian bustard • Indian Premier League • Influenza pandemic • Law by country • Politics by country • Prevention • Shashi Kiran Shetty • Swine influenza