Author: Biotech Express

The University of Hyderabad (UoH), a premier institution of post graduate teaching and research in the country was established by an Act of Parliament (Act No. 39 of 1974) on 2nd October, 1974 as a Central University fully funded by the University Grants Commission. For over four decades, it built cutting-edge research and quality education to millions of students. In addition it builtunparalleled knowledge-based foundation for nurturing innovations and entrepreneurship activities in various science and engineering disciplines.University of Hyderabad always remained in the top 10 universities of India, and past decade, it has been ranked in the top-3. The establishment…

Scientific misconduct is not a new term among Global Scientific community, people like to do anything to prove their research correct. But Since we are living in digital world today, when scientific literature too can be verified by peers, the cross verification is just a click away. In this article we are using Retraction watch and Pubpeer as reference medium to understand scientific misconducts and their possible consequences on research and career. Although we are citing Retraction watch regularly but recently, a post of the ‘the Hindu’ newspaper which refers Pubpeer, attracted huge attention, including leaders of Biotechnology and Life…

The first edition of the Start-up Podium, a platform to engage in a dialogue on innovation and start-up was launched at the Hitex City in Hyderabad from 3rd to 5th May at Mediko 2019. An initiative to bring together individuals and start-ups at the forefront of healthcare innovation across industries and functions. The event was one of its kind that offered product demos, innovation showcase, expert talks along with B2B networking to explore synergy and develop partnerships with industry players. The three ways of engagement at the Start-up Podium was through Innovation Talks where the experts and decision makers…

A big challenge that we have been facing in medical domain is to search a better cure for cancer. Despite several treatment regimens prevailing in cancer treatment such as radiation therapy, a few drugs viz., Vinblastine Sulfate, Vincristine Sulfate, Uridine Triacetate, Tamoxifen Citrate, Methotrexate and several monoclonal antibodies, the cure and consequent longevity are still in dubious. A cancer patient suffering is unending. In this line, 2018 Nobel Laureates contributions have given us the hope. The immune biology underlying the investigations for cancer cure in brief is narrated in this article. Introduction Mammalian immune organ system comprises of about 1.0…

Patisiron (Onpattro), a RNA-drug based on gene silencing was cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations recently. This approval will pave the way for new generation drugs by targeting disease causing genes. The mechanism of RNA interference which involves silencing of target gene by short stretch of complementary RNA molecule has been fascinating the scientific fraternity ever since its discovery. Two scientists viz., Andrew Z. Fire and Craig C. Mello shared the Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2006) for their path breaking finding about RNAi which is the control mechanism that determines the flow of genetic…

Sudhir Kumar Sopory or S K Sopory or known by few just as Sopory is an Indian educationist, plant physiologist, scientist and former vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru Universitty, New Delhi. Prof Sopory is an elected Fellow of several major Indian science academies including four major science academies i.e. IAS, INSA and NASI and NAAS and International ‘The World Academy of Sciences’ (TWAS) and is a recipient of many honours, including the 1987 Shanti Swarup Bhatangar (SSB) Prize, the highest Indian award in the science and technology categories and The Government of India awarded him the India’s fourth highest civilian…

Veeda Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd., India’s leading independent CRO, is pleased to announce that Bureau Veritas has awarded the ISO 27001:2013 Certification to Veeda Clinical Research thereby certifying the compliance of the company’s Information Security Management System (ISMS) with the required international standards. The certified ISMS is enterprise wide covering Clinical, Bioanalytical, Biopharmaceutical, Medical Affair and Pharmacovigilance operations, Information and Communication Technology systems, processes and applications, Human Resources, Assets and Access management. On this important milestone, Mr. Apurva Shah, Founder and Director of Veeda Clinical Research, remarked, “Veeda consistently strives for Excellence in Quality and endeavours to become the partner…

Introduction Millets are small-seeded crops with different species such as pearlmillet (Pennisetumglaucum), finger millet (Eleusinecoracana),kodo millet (Paspalumsetaceum), proso millet (Penicummiliaceum),foxtail millet (Setaria italic), little millet (Panicumsumatrense), andbarnyard millet (Echinochloautilis). They are known as coarse cereals beside maize (Zea mays), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), oats (Avenasativa), and barley (Hordeumvulgare) (Bouis 2000; Kauret. al., 2012). Millets are grown in semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa. Millets are utilizes as foods and fuel. Among various millets species pearl millet is the most commonly grown in India and Africa. According to FAO in 2018, India is the leading producing country in the world followed by…

The South African of Lithuanian descent made many pioneering discoveries in the field of molecular and developmental biology, winning a Nobel Prize in 2002. The Nobel recognised his work with the tiny roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans, which is now widely used by researchers as a model to test the fundamentals of how all living organisms work. But Brenner also made big contributions to the understanding of DNA. He worked routinely with the other greats in this area, such as Francis Crick, François Jacob, Linus Pauling and James Watson. Brenner helped establish the role played by the molecule RNA in carrying the…

Abstract: The outburst of wearable and embeddable technology has facilitated a substantial upsurge in their prolific utilization in biomedical applications. The area of point-of-care diagnostics and online monitoring with wirelessmobile networking leads to the paradigmatic shift in health revolution. The continuous development of smart pill technology more technically known as “ingestible biosensors” has been envisaged to hold promising potential in the diagnosis, imaging and targeted drug delivery especially in GIT related disorders. However, their applications are not limited to GIT and still underway for the other organs and diseases. It is envisaged that a novel paradigm of doctor-patient care will be…