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Taking the robust wastewater surveillance model to the next level, the researchers have already started tracking other infectious diseases like monkeypox, dengue in small and medium-sized urban centres in India.
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Hyderabad: For a long time we have been told about the overall health benefits of having a cup or two of black tea. It now turns out that the black tea not only has impact on holistic health but also can limit the ability of SARS-CoV-2 virus to replicate. A ground breaking collaborative study by […]
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Hyderabad: Senior scientist from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Dr Rajan Sankaranarayanan, has been elected Associate Member of the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Dr Sankaranarayanan is among 67 other researchers from 22 countries who were elected for the membership of the European biology organisation, which shapes scientific research in biology […]
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Hyderabad: It takes at least a decade or even more to develop and launch a novel drug from a ‘bench to bedside’ in India. By the time the drug reaches the patients after the initial discovery, drug developers would have already burned through a substantial chunk of financial investment, human resources and above all, decades […]
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Hyderabad: A drug widely used for the treatment of post-menopausal symptoms and osteoporosis among women now has the potential to treat malaria. In a ground-breaking study, researchers from Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have demonstrated that Bazedoxifene is anti-parasitic and inhibits Plasmodium falciparum, the unicellular protozoan parasite that causes malaria in humans. […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) on Friday has announced the development of country’s first potential mRNA vaccine candidate to fight SARS-CoV-2. The indigenously developed mRNA vaccine candidate is undergoing pre-clinical studies to evaluate its efficacy to protect against live virus infection, CCMB researchers on Friday said. The mRNA vaccine candidate […]
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Hyderabad: A world-wide study of diverse populations has shed new light on how genes contribute to Type 2 diabetes. The study titled DIAMANTE (DIAbetes Meta-Analysis of Trans-Ethnic association studies), in which Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) also participated, compared genomic DNA of 1.8 lakh people with Type 2 diabetes against 11.6 lakh […]
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Hyderabad: A group of academically high performing students from Telangana Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (TSWREIS) got an opportunity to spend a week with top genetic researchers of Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), as part of the research institution’s Milo CCMB program. TSWREIS students did hands-on experiments and activities that were […]
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Hyderabad: The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad has entered into a MoU with the Atal Incubation Center– Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) to review/advise on courses, seminars, workshop curriculum and also structure of special courses, a statement on Monday said. Through the collaboration, AIC-CCMB will offer […]
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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 […]
