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Bengaluru: The researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed an alternative mechanism to render viruses like SARS-CoV-2 inactive, the official statement by IISc stated on Monday. In a study published in Nature Chemical Biology, the researchers report the design of a new class of artificial peptides or mini proteins that can not […]
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday issued guidelines for the management of type 1 diabetes in India. This is the first time that the research body has released guidelines for type 1 diabetes. Earlier, guidelines were released for type 2 diabetes. Balram Bhargava, Department of Health Research Secretary and ICMR […]
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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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New York: The SARS-CoV-2 virus can directly infect a specialised type of kidney cell, explaining why acute kidney injury is one of the main complications observed in patients with severe Covid-19, finds a study. Primarily known to infect cells in the respiratory tract, physicians were surprised to see that many patients, especially those with severe […]
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New Delhi: While many people who recover from Covid-19 experience long-term symptoms, such as brain fog or heart problems, increasing evidence suggests that the virus can also impair fertility in men. The pilot study, led by a team of researchers at Jaslok Hospital and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, suggests that even mild […]
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Hyderabad: A rural innovator, Narishma Chary Mandaji has developed a medical device that uses first of its kind Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) approved virus attenuation technology to disable all kind of virus including SARS-CoV-2 up to 99.9 per cent efficacy in an enclosed space, in air, and on the surfaces. Marketed by […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a warning against a new mutant ‘XE’ variant of Omicron, that may be more transmissible than any strain of Covid-19 seen before. This new variant is a recombinant strain, meaning it is a mutant hybrid of the two previous versions of the Omicron variant, BA.1 and BA.2, […]
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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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According to scientists from the Wuhan University in China, NeoCov can penetrate human cells in the same way as SARS-CoV-2.
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TS reported 90 cases of BA.2, the newly-identified sub-lineage of the variant
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Tokyo: The highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 can survive upto eight days on plastic and 21 hours on skin — a much longer period of time than other variants of concern like Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta, as well as the original strain, according to a study. The study posted on pre-print, and not […]
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New Delhi: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in […]
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New York: Of hospitalised children who tested or were presumed positive for SARS-CoV-2, 44 per cent developed neurological symptoms, and these kids were more likely to require intensive care than their peers who didn’t experience such symptoms, a new study suggests. The findings, published in the journal Pediatric Neurology, indicated that the most common neurologic […]
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Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based USA headquartered company BioGenex Life Sciences Pvt Ltd has developed an RT-PCR kit which claims to detect SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants including Omicron. The kit named Triplex Covid-19 RT-PCR Direct is said to detect Omicron without RNA extraction in half the time than standard RT-PCR. The product was launched across the […]
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Hyderabad: The city-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) in collaboration with State government has launched SARs-CoV-2 sero-surveillance across Telangana. Given the rise of Omicron positive infections, the sero-survey has become vital, as it has the potential to thrown some light on the antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 among the general population in Telangana. A total of […]
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Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state. The sero-prevalence […]
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Ohio (US): A new study has found that SARS-CoV-2 has been hiding from the immune system by spreading from cell to cell. The research has been published in the ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Journal’. “It’s basically an underground form of transmission,” said lead author Shan-Lu Liu, a virology professor in the Department […]
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Hyderabad: Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday said the High Court directives on preventing the spread of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 would be respected. Commenting on the orders from Telangana High Court, which on Thursday directed the State government to strictly comply with the latest directives issued by the Union government to prevent the […]
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Experts say it can be effective way to prevent exposure to new variant
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Hyderabad: With the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 getting reported in Hyderabad, the Health Department on Wednesday urged people in Telangana to avoid crowded gatherings, areas, marriages, upcoming festivals including Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Sankranti and ensure everybody wears masks, maintains physical distancing and gets vaccinated. There is ample evidence that Omicron is highly transmissible […]
