Study Offers New Hope For Combating Malaria – Artemisinin Successfully Produced...
New Hope For Combating Malaria - Artemisinin Produced Using Moss
With 212 million reported cases and an estimated 429,000 deaths in the year 2015, Malaria is...
Biotecnika Times – Newsletter 11.09.2017
Govt Job @ UPSC | Junior Scientific Officer Post Vacant With Salary of Rs. 44,900/- p.m.
(Vacancy No. 17091701509) Two Junior Scientific Officer, National Centre...
DBT India : Call for Proposals | India-UK Antimicrobial Resistance Sandpit...
India-UK ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SANDPIT EVENT:
‘Addressing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance in India’
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Date of sandpit: 06 – 10 November 2017
Location: Delhi,...
Genetics Throws Light On Early “Vampires” (Pun Intended)
Genetics Throws Light On Early “Vampires” (Pun Intended)
Vampires have always been, and always will be a rage. These things somehow seem to ooze cool....
Gritstone Oncology Hauls $93M In Series B Funding
Gritstone Oncology Hauls $93M In Series B Funding
California-based cancer upstart, Gritstone Oncology, has announced successful completion of $92.7 million series B preferred stock financing.
The...
Scottish Biotech NuCana Expects To Raise $115M In A Nasdaq IPO
Scottish Biotech NuCana Expects To Raise $115M In A Nasdaq IPO
The UK-based biopharmaceutical firm, NuCana, anticipates hauling $115 million in a Nasdaq IPO to...
MasSpec Pen, A Handheld Device Capable Of Identifying Cancer Within Minutes
MasSpec Pen, A Handheld Device for Identifying Cancer Within Minutes
The pen is mightier than a scalpel!
Yep, the researchers at the University of Texas have proven...
Europe’s €56.5M Funding Boosts Global Efforts Against Antibiotic Resistance
Europe’s €56.5M Funding , Global Efforts Against Antibiotic Resistance
In a major step forward in the fight against the global health risk that antibiotic resistance...
Eli Lilly Axes 8 Percent Of Its Global Workforce, To Invest...
Drugmaker Eli Lilly has announced that it would lay off about 8 percent i.e, 3500 of its employees as it has suffered setbacks over...
Narcotics Control Bureau Urges DCGI To Curb Supply Of Codeine-Based Cough...
The human brain and body are among the most complicated and intricately-organised systems in the universe.
Drugs which are prescribed to alleviate symptoms of illness...
Biotecnika Times – Newsletter 08.09.2017
Govt Job : SRF Vacancy @ IICPT, Ministry of Food Processing Industries
A Walk-in-interview will be conducted at Liaison office-Indian Institute of Food Processing Technology,...
Biocon And JDRF Team Up To Test Promising Oral T1D Drug...
Biocon And JDRF Team To Test Promising Oral T1D Drug Candidate Globally
Bengaluru-based biotech major, Biocon, has now partnered up with JDRF, a global organisation...
Universal Sequencing Better Suited To Detect Cancer Mutations, Study Says
Universal Sequencing Better Suited To Detect Cancer Mutations
Keeping in mind all the recent advances in genetic testing, ultimately, it all boils down to one...
Biologists Turn Back The Clock In Fruit Flies Extending Their Lifespan
To many, many people, few scientific topics are as compelling as the field of aging. Although heart disease is the No. 1 killer across...
Study Finds How Scientific Credibility Collapses As A Consequence Of Retraction
We are reminded every day that everybody (including us) makes mistakes — what matters is, how you handle yourself when it happens. It is not...
Molecular Map Of Tularaemia Causal Organism Offers Solution To Shut Down...
The Gram-negative intracellular bacterium Francisella tularensis is the causative agent of tularemia and is one of the most virulent pathogens known. Due to its potential to...
Novel Antimicrobial Compound Found To Exhibit Impressive Transmission-Blocking Activity
Biological investigations into Plasmodium falciparum, the etiologic agent of severe malaria, reveal an organism that is tremendously adept at overcoming therapeutic attack and evading host immunity....
23andMe Raises $200M, Intends To Expand Genetic R&D Arm
23andMe Raises $200M, Intends To Expand Genetic R&D Arm
A new addition to the growing list of venture-backed unicorns that are raising IPO-sized rounds from...
A Self-Destructible Device That Decomposes Through Reactions With Water In The...
A Self-Destructible Device That Decomposes Through Reactions With Water
The idea of a self-destructible device that has a pre-recorded message that goes “This tape will...
Biotecnika Times – Newsletter 07.09.2017
Online Applications Open For JAM - 2018
IITs and IISc are institutions of national importance and are well known, the world over, for quality education...