Antivenoms | Snakebites in India
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Antivenoms | Snakebites in India

Why are antivenoms not easily accessible in India? | Article in The Hindu

Injectable Hydrogel for Cancer
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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)
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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
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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
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Hemophilia A

Indian scientists develop novel gene therapy treatment for haemophilia

Malaria
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Malaria | Genetically Modified Parasites

Preventing malaria using genetically modified parasites

Electrophoresis and Electric Fields in Biomedical Research
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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)
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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Biobanks in Precision Medicine

Gaps in data protection and regulatory oversight threaten to make research based on biobank data