By Marc Zimmer New London: During her chemistry Nobel Prize lecture in 2018, Frances Arnold said, “Today we can for all practical purposes read, write and edit any sequence of DNA, but we cannot compose it.” That isn’t true anymore. Since then, science and technology have progressed so much that artificial intelligence has learned to … Read more
Feb. 23, 2022 — We hear a lot about the scourges of mosquitoes as they spread malaria, dengue fever, Zika, and other illnesses, but they’re certainly not the only tiny vector out there spreading disease. Just ask anyone who’s dealt with Lyme disease. Ticks have long been a major source of infectious disease, but they … Read more
New York: US scientists have repurposed genetic modification technology CRISPR to identify antibodies in patient blood samples in a move that could inspire a new class of medical diagnostics, particularly in the treatment of Covid-19. The technology involves customisable collections of proteins which are attached to a variant of Cas9, the protein at the heart … Read more
VaNGuard test can even yield results in 30 minutes when used on crude patient samples in a clinical setting without the need for RNA purification. At a time when COVID-19 mutations are becoming a cause of concern, a team of scientists has developed a diagnostic test that can detect the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes … Read more
WASHINGTON: Scientists have developed a novel technology for a CRISPR-based Covid-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in under 30 minutes. According to the research published in the journal Cell, the new diagnostic test can not only generate a positive or negative result, it also measures the viral load — … Read more
Dr. Virander Singh Chauhan is currently the chairman of the EC of NAAC and involved in the scholarship schemes such as the Rhodes, Inlaks and Felix Scholarships for Indian students. COVID-19 testing: This year has witnessed the most unprecedented changes in the sphere of health. To understand the emerging trends worldwide and to acknowledge the … Read more
Two women — Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna — were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize for chemistry by the Nobel Committee on Wednesday. The duo received the Nobel Prize in chemistry award for developing a method of genome editing, or gene editing, likened to “molecular scissors” that offers the promise of one day curing inherited … Read more