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Poor quality of drugs making treatment of ringworm less effective
Doctors from the department of dermatology at the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital ((RML) ), New Delhi, have found quality issues in the drug being sold under various brand names for the treatment of ringworm infection..............
BioAsia to confer ‘Genome Valley Excellence Award’ to Dr Soumya Swaminathan,...
BioAsia has announced that 2019 Genome Valley Excellence Award will be conferred to Dr Don W. Cleveland of the University of California for pioneering work in developing gene silencing technology and Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Deputy Director General of Programmes, WHO...……..
Selfies lower self-confidence, drive people to cosmetic surgery: study
The study has been conducted by The Esthetic Clinics, India’s renowned nationwide chain of clinics for cosmetic surgery and skincare. This is the first-ever experimental study on the psychological effects of taking and posting selfies on social media...………...
Agriculture
New digital platform to boost micro-irrigation
The new system developed by the researchers called DOMIS (short form for Design of Micro-irrigation System), is a web-based application to help design customized micro-irrigation systems for individual agricultural fields under different...……..
Education
UGC allocated 47.14 crore for international joint research programmes in last...
Joint research programme to promote collaboration of Indian researchers with international techniques and technologies.............
Face to Face
“Mental health requires attention from policymakers”
Mentioned Ms Prakriti Poddar, Founder and CEO of Poddar Wellness who outlined the need for a paradigm shift in the way in which mental health issues are looked at by the society in general and the policymakers in particular...………..
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“FiRE will help identify rare cells involved in cancer drug resistance”
Mentioned Dr Debarka Sengupta in an exclusive interaction with the BioVoice, where he explained the idea and importance of FiRE, a novel algorithm that can detect rare cell types at a very fast speed developed by his team at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi...……….
