Category: Biotechnology
Antivenoms | Snakebites in India
Why are antivenoms not easily accessible in India? | Article in The Hindu
Injectable Hydrogel for Cancer
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati (IIT-G) and the Bose Institute, Kolkata have developed an advanced injectable hydrogel for localised cancer treatment.
Nanoplastics and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Scientists from the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have recently shown that nanoplastics can promote horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of antibiotic resistance (AR) genes, particularly within the human gut microbiota.
Mirror Microbes
Recently, some scientists have started on the road to creating ‘mirror microbes’, synthetic bacteria whose building blocks are mirror-images of their natural counterparts
Hemophilia A
Indian scientists develop novel gene therapy treatment for haemophilia
Malaria | Genetically Modified Parasites
Preventing malaria using genetically modified parasites
Electrophoresis and Electric Fields in Biomedical Research
A technique called electrophoresis allows scientists to analyse the molecules of life – DNA and proteins – by separating them by their electrical charge.
Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA)
An international collaboration by a team called eDyNAmiCled has discovered how ecDNA contributes to the progression of cancer and drug resistance.
One Day One Genome Initiative
Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and Biotechnology Research and Innovation Council (BRIC) introduces the ‘One Day One Genome’ initiative
RNA editing
Wave Life Sciences, a Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, made history by becoming the first to clinically test RNA editing as a treatment for a genetic disorder.
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC)
A new study on hematopoietic stem cell transplants sheds light on how transplanted stem cells from donors change after engraftment and mutate over time.
Biobanks in Precision Medicine
Gaps in data protection and regulatory oversight threaten to make research based on biobank data