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A team led by an Indian-born scientist has developed a rapid and ultra-sensitive test for Covid-19 using a paper electrochemical sensor that can detect the presence of the new coronavirus in less than five minutes. Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US created a graphene-based electrochemical biosensor with …

By: PTI | London | December 9, 2020 8:43:41 pm An anaphylactoid reaction tends to involve a skin rash, shortness of breath, and sometimes a drop in blood pressure, and both NHS workers who experienced this are said to have a history of severe allergies and carry adrenaline pens with …

Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Pfizer have approached the Comptroller General of Medicines of India to request an emergency use authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine candidates. A certain section of people may hesitate to take the COVID-19 vaccine, but not biotech industry veteran Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who said Wednesday …

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are expected to drop 7% this year compared to 2019, but the world will still be heading for a temperature increase of more than 3 degrees C this century. But an ecological recovery from the pandemic with investments in sectors …

Scientists have developed a new technology to perform the COVID-19 diagnostic test that uses a smartphone camera to provide accurate results in less than 30 minutes. The CRISPR-based test can not only produce a positive or negative result, but it also measures the concentration of virus in a given sample. …

Maharashtra’s education department will allow schools to reopen for classes 5-8 only after obtaining approval from the state health department, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said on Wednesday. Last month, the state government had authorized the district collectors and local authorities to decide on the reopening of the schools, which …

The foreign envoys, who traveled to Hyderabad on Wednesday to visit two biotech companies working on Covid-19 vaccines, said they are impressed by the progress made by Indian pharmaceutical companies. The group of 60 envoys visited the facilities of two companies: Bharat Biotech and Biological E. “I was very impressed …

Continuing its record streak, the domestic equity market climbed another milestone Wednesday amid broad-based buying and positive global signals. Among the major indices, the S&P BSE Sensex finished above the crucial 46,000 level for the first time at 46,103.50, an increase of 495 points or 1.09 percent. It was the …

No emergency use authorization has been granted to the Serum Institute of India (SII) or Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccines for lack of data, sources told News18 on Wednesday. Bharat Biotech had on Monday applied to the Controller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) for an emergency use authorization for COVID-19 …

The panel reviewed the applications of Pfizer, Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech (Representational) New Delhi: Proposals from the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech for the use of emergency vaccines have not been approved because of inadequate safety and efficacy data, sources said Wednesday. “Both proposals are not approved due to …