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FEDERATION OF ASIAN BIOTECH ASSOCIATIONS (FABA), announced the reconstitution of the Management Committee of the FABA through a proper election process as a custom for every two years, for the years 2021 and 2022. The committee has representatives from the academy, industry, and Government bodies, with the president from one of the Asian member countries, , this time it is the turn of Bangladesh. The following are the members of newly reconstituted Board Management Committee: Dr. Asadulghani, ICDDR, Bangladesh (President), Prof. P. Reddanna, University of Hyderabad (Executive President), Dr. P. Ratnakar, Tech Mahindra (Secretary General), Dr. Suresh Pothani, ICMR –…

Keerthi Sasikumar1, 2 and K. Madhavan Nampoothiri1, 2 * 1Microbial Processes and Technology Division (MPTD), CSIR- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum – 695019, India. 2Academy of scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad -201002, India *Correspondence: Tel: +91- (0) 471-2515366 Fax: +91-(0)471-2491712; madhavan@niist.res.in Nylon is the commercial name for a kind of polyamide thermoplastic. The Polyamide nylon has varying supremacy that makes it an ideal candidate for a wide range of applications. It was first developed in the mid-1930s and the global nylon market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.2% from 2018 to 2025…

Bansod Akash Anand1 & A C Reddy2* *aswinchilakala@nipgr.ac.in 1- Department of Plant Biotechnology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 2- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi. Abstract: Synthetic biology is a new interdisciplinary field of biology which is emerging as a powerful tool which will be able to design, engineer, and synthesize life forms which were never existed before. Synthetic biology firstly involves modification of existing genetic material by incorporating synthetic DNA sequences and/or removing the junk pieces in it or secondly by completely synthesizing a new genome and incorporating it in live cells. The approaches used for engineering…

Suhana Mishra, Amir Mohammad Arsh , Varnit Chauhan School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA, UttarPradesh, India suhanamishra05@gmail.com, arsh786rizvi@gmail.com, 17ibt042@gbu.ac.in ABSTRACT With the Introduction of COVID-19 vaccine to the world, Proteomic studies of SARS-CoV-2 revealed that some regions are conserved from other human coronaviruses(CoVs) which leads to cross-recognition by the humoral immune response. Epitopes that are conserved among SARS-like coronaviruses are attractive targets for design of cross-reactive vaccines and therapeutics. The cross-reactivity of the antibodies can neutralise the SARS-CoV-2 strains on the basis of the conserved epitope regions in the structure. Considering the conservation a study found few sites…

Patanjali Ayurved Ltd founder Ramdev, ”again” at a press conference on February 19, had claimed that Coronil had received certification from the Ayush Ministry as a medicine supporting COVID-19 treatment as per the WHO’s certification scheme. Harsh Vardhan was also present at the ceremony. Later, WHO’s regional office for South-East Asia had clarified on Twitter that it has not “reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine” for the treatment of Covid-19 – a pointed reference to Coronil. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) hit out at the “blatant lie of WHO certification” made by Panjali Ayurved for its Coronil…

This year, Aditi Godara has secured rank 1 in CSIR -JRF-NET Life Sciences June 2020 exam. Biotech Express got in touch with Aditi Godara to learn more about her preparation strategy. Here are the excerpts. How you are feeling and how will you celebrate your success? The feeling is surreal. Its been a week now, since the results were out but still I’m euphoric about it. I think the happiness and pride on my husband and parents’ face is my celebration in itself. When did you start your preparations for the NET exam? Is this your first attempt?  I have…

The 18th edition of BioAsia will be conducted virtually from February 22 to 23, 2020. Minister for Industries and Commerce KT Rama Rao unveiled the logo, website, and theme – Move the Needle – for the event. “BioAsia, which is the State’s flagship event, has emerged as an important global meeting to deliberate on the opportunities, challenges, and solutions for the Life Sciences sector,” he said. “With the theme ‘Move the Needle,’ the event will provide a platform to deliberate on topics of paramount importance, essentially centered around dealing with Covid-19, preparing for new realities of healthcare, and much more.…

Altab Khan1, Mohd Riyaz Beg2*, Pramod Waghmare2 1. DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 400019, Maharashtra, India 2. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 400019, Maharashtra, India *Corresponding Author: Mohd Riyaz Beg Address: Dept. of Pharm. Sci. & Tech., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai 400019,Maharashtra, India Email: mohdriyazbeg@gmail.com Abstract The use of low intensity ultrasound has gotten surprising consideration over the last decade as a method for enhancing the catalytic activity of enzyme.Ultrasounds have the potential to significantly influence the activity of the enzymatic processes, provided that the energy input is…

Germany-based Fresenius Kabi (FKOL) is the kid who was told to clean up their room before mom came home and instead hid the dirty laundry under their bed. Except in this case the dirty laundry was manufacturing records and the mom coming up for inspection was the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Right before the FDA came from an inspection of the company’s manufacturing plant in Kalyani, West Bengal in 2013, court documents say company “management directed employees to remove certain records from the premises and delete other records from computers that would have revealed FKOL was manufacturing drug…

Bihar health secy says huge discrepancies found in Covid-19 test data. Bihar’s principal health secretary Pratyay Amrit on Saturday stated that “serious discrepancies” in Covid-19 test data has been found in Jamui’s Barhat and Sikandra. He also said action has been initiated against concerned officials. Over three days last month, three Primary Health Centres (PHC) in Bihar’s Jamui district tested 588 residents for Covid — all were negative. The name, age and cell number of each person tested was put down in a chart and sent to Patna where it was aggregated with data from other districts to plot the state’s…