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The first serosurvey was carried out in August-September 2020 and the six-month follow-up was carried out in end-January to February 2021. Widespread asymptomatic infection by mid-September when the daily cases…
Even as recently as March 6, March 4, March 3, March 2 and March 1 the Health Ministry mischievously implicated Kerala for the surge in cases when it included Kerala…
The results have been posted on medRxiv preprint server. Preprints are yet to be peer-reviewed and published in scientific journals. Though measurements were made only till day 28 after the…
While the low sensitivity of rapid antigen tests arises from not isolating the viral RNA from the swab samples and amplification of the DNA before detection, the two indigenously developed tests follow these two vital steps, the reason why the sensitivity and specificity are far superior than that of the rapid antigen tests.
IGIB researchers have been able to detect novel coronavirus using mass spectrometer. The detection is based on the presence of two unique peptides of the virus. Sensitivity is 95% and…
With CSIR labs now permitted to test samples of novel coronavirus, Hyderabad-based CCMB and Delhi-based IGIB have started sequencing the genome. CCMB has already sequenced the genome of five isolates.…
A study of four-generation Indian family with asthma and validation in a paediatric cohort led to the discovery of an associated olfactory gene variant. The expression of the gene is…
IGIB researchers have used a different Cas9 protein derived from another bacteria to make gene editing more efficient and precise. The new Cas9 protein shows very less tendency to bind to…
