Hyderabad: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Apollo Hospitals on Thursday announced collaboration for joint manufacturing and commercialisation of innovative dry swab test ‘Direct Amplification rapid RT-PCR (DArRT-PCR)’ for Covid detection. The test has been developed by CSIR-CCMB and the collaboration with Apollo Hospitals will focus on scaling up manufacturing and commercialisation […]
The Infosys Prize 2020 for Life Sciences was awarded to Rajan Sankaranarayanan from CCMB, Hyderabad for fundamental contributions towards understanding one of the most basic mechanisms in biology
By employing the dry swab technique of the CCMB, Covid tests can be immediately scaled up by at least two to three times without any additional resources.
Hyderabad: Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar urged Indian scientists to focus on wildlife forensics, as India undertakes several major conservation efforts for big cats to marine life. Participating in the conclusion of the international virtual conference on ‘Recent Advances and Status of Wildlife Forensics’ organised by CCMB-Laboratory for Conservation of […]
The food-supplement, CoronAid is made out of mushroom Cordyceps militaris, which grows in Himalayan region and is known for its anti-viral, anti-aging, anti-tumour, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory properties.