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Hyderabad: The steady rise in Covid infections in Delhi and other States and the rapid rate at which new Omicron variants are being reported by geneticists is a clear sign that the Covid pandemic is not over yet. Senior biologists and public health specialists here cautioned people that this is not the time to remove […]
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Hyderabad: The surge in Covid infections in Delhi and neighbouring States should not become a cause of panic among people in Telangana, researchers and biologists said, pointing out that there was no evidence of a new virulent Omicron variant behind the rise in Covid infections in those States. The slight surge in Covid infections in […]
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Hyderabad: A cutting edge facility for cryo-electron microscopy was inaugurated by Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Dr Shekhar Mande, at Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) on Friday. The CSIR-funded cryo-electron microscopy will allow scientists to look at matter to its atomic details, CCMB researchers in a release said. A […]
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Hyderabad: Director of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, Bengaluru, Dr RK Mishra on Friday said there is a need for the country to prepare for future pandemics with smart investment. Delivering a Hindi lecture at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) on the topic ‘Lessons learnt from the pandemic and the way forward’, Dr […]
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Hyderabad: The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, which triggered the intense second Covid wave and caused large number of fatalities, had gained the ability to silently replicate in the epithelial cells, which line the surface of the human body, and learned how to last for a longer duration in the host, a recent study by geneticists […]
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Hyderabad: Senior scientist from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr G R Chandak has been awarded with the prestigious JC Bose Fellowship for his outstanding scientific contribution in understanding the genetic basis of complex disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic pancreatitis and its interaction with various environmental factors. Recently, […]
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Hyderabad: The researchers at Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have developed bio-drugs derived from turmeric that have shown regression or remission of cancerous tumours of colon and breast cancers. The researchers have based their work on the field of RNA interference (RNAi), a gene silencing novel approach, in place of the traditional […]
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Hyderabad: Genetic researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) led by senior scientist and present Director of city-based Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Dr K Thangaraj, have found novel genetic mutations that are responsible for cardiomyopathy among Indians. The study has the potential to address the failing hearts of scores […]
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Hyderabad: SBI Foundation has associated with CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) to set up the SBI Foundation Centre of Excellence for Genomics Guided Pandemic Prevention to strengthen India’s genome sequencing capabilities. Dinesh Khara, chairman, SBI inaugurated the CoE and handed over a cheque of Rs 9.94 crore to Dr Vinay Kumar Nandicoori, director, […]
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Washington: In habituation, an organism gets so used to a ubiquitous sight, smell, sensation or sound that it virtually disappears. Researchers have identified a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation Runa Hamid of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India, and colleagues have identified a transporter […]
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Hyderabad: There are indications that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 has probably reached many Indian cities and is already there in the community. However, Indians have acquired strong seropositivity and the new virus will not find it easy to be transmissible, top genome expert and former Director of Hyderabad-based Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology […]
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Amaravati: The health authorities in Andhra Pradesh are sending 15 per cent of Covid-19 positive samples for genome sequencing in view of the new variant Omicron, which has been reported in some countries. The health officials said the samples were being sent to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) for genomic sequence to […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) celebrated its 34th Foundation Day here on Friday. Multiple activities were organised by the authorities for CCMB students, staff and public, which included research scholars presenting their work. The Foundation Day lecture was delivered by Dr Shekhar Mande, Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). […]
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The ground-breaking study, which was published online recently in the journal Genes and Immunity, found that populations that carry similar long DNA segments (homozygous) in their genome are most likely to be more susceptible to Covid-19.
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In their latest study, researchers have showed that the genes associated with smell (olfactory) and taste (gustation) were suppressed, causing Covid positive patients to lose their senses of smell and taste.
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They have vital regulatory functions, reveals a study led by CCMB scientist
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Recent studies by a team of geneticists from city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has indicated ‘striking novel regulatory functions of Y chromosome DNA’.
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Hyderabad: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is organising OMICS-2021, the 13th annual meeting of Proteomics Society of India (PSI) from October 20 to 23. The OMICS-2021 virtual conference, which is being organised by CCMB, PSI and CCMB Foundation with the theme ‘Omics in Redefining Biology’, will feature widespread discussions on cutting-edge developments […]
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As part of the study, the researchers analysed DNA of 110 individuals from Roman Catholic community of Goa, Kumta and Mangalore.
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No one group or individual can take credit for CSIR’s contributions in fighting Covid-19 and the entire credit goes to CSIR as an organisation, said Dr Shekhar C Mande, DG CSIR