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• Study reveals a single gene can control species diversity in ecosystem

  Study reveals a single gene can control species diversity in ecosystem

  

• Scientists develop new AI model to discover genetic risk factors for motor neurone disease

  One of the genes highlighted as a new MND gene, called KANK1, has been shown to produce neurotoxicity very similar to that observed in the brains of patients.

  

• How South African scientists spotted the Omicron COVID variant

  The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein that the virus uses to enter human cells.

  

• Biocon Biologics partners with Adagio to advance antibody for the management of COVID-19

  Biocon Biologics to Manufacture and Commercialize a Broadly Neutralizing Antibody for India and Select Emerging Markets

  

• Decision on emergency use listing of Covaxin likely in 4-6 weeks: WHO

  According to WHO guidelines, EUL is a procedure to streamline the process by which new or unlicensed products can be used during public health emergencies.

  

• Symptomless transmission of Covid-19: A smokeless fire for India?

  Since, it is established now that asymptomatic individuals can also transmit the Covid-19 infections unknowingly, our testing and mitigation efforts should not focus only on identifying and isolating individuals with symptoms.

  

• Post-Covid boost for disease surveillance & virology labs

  The new health scheme PM Atmanirbhar Swasthya Bharat Yojana announced in the Budget will aim at holistic expansion of health infrastructure with its focus not limited to ramping up of hospitals and labs but also disease surveillance, virology labs and expansion of integrated health information portal to connect it with all public health labs.

  

• In the future, scientists feel Covid will resemble the common cold-causing virus

  How fast this shift comes will depend on how fast the virus spreads.

  

• Ancient India thwarted malaria at a time no other part of world had: Study

  The malarial parasite in prehistoric India is likely to have been the more benign variant.

  

• Big data powers design of 'smart' cell therapies for cancer

  Biological aspects of this general approach have been explored for several years in the laboratory of Wendell Lim, PhD, and colleagues in the UCSF Cell Design Initiative and National Cancer Institute-sponsored Center for Synthetic Immunology.

  

• India to be at centre of global healthcare effort with its experience, research talent: Modi

  In his virtual keynote address at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting, Modi said India is now at the forefront of vaccine development for Covid-19 and that some of the vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of the trial.