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The ICMR issued guidance on rapid antibody test kits for COVID-19 and listed their manufacturers, which include two Chinese firms whose importer licenses were cancelled by the CDSCO after kits supplied by them showed wide-variation under field conditions. In its guidance, ICMR stated that these rapid antibody tests are not recommended for the diagnosis of

Researchers have come up with various findings over the course of time about the deadly coronavirus. There is some evidence that claims men are more vulnerable to coronavirus than women. The ACE2 enzyme in blood responds to the novel coronavirus and enables it to infect the human cell.  ACE2 is also a receptor present on

In a major step towards rapid mass production of the Medical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) developed by the Indian Navy, a patent has been successfully filed by the Intellectual Property Facilitation Cell (IPFC) of Ministry of Defence, in association with National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), an enterprise under Min of Science & Technology. The PPE

Indian Council for Medical Research, ICMR has fast tracked the roll out of Global Solidarity Trial launched by the World Health Organization, WHO to help in finding an effective treatment for Covid-19. The international clinical trial ‘Solidarity’ compares four treatment options against the standard of care to assess their relative effectiveness against COVID-19. Four potential

Researchers at the Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune an autonomous institute under the Department of Science & Technology have developed a new process for the synthesis of quantum efficient and biocompatible quantum dots (QDs) used in capturing images of cellular organelles and processes within visible wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum. Bioimaging applications such as