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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…

Abstract The heavy metal pollution in water is a very serious problem which causes toxic effects on humans, animals and plants. The fungi are excellent biosorbent for heavy metals. The fungi used in this study were isolated from the compost and compost yard soil and identified as Aspergillus clavatus, Aspergillus oryzae and Aspergillus fumigatus and studied for their ability to sequester heavy metals from solution. The sequestration of metals was studied using live and dead biomass. The sequestration of Cd was 6.51 mg/g by the live biomass of Aspergillus spp. The sequestration of Zn, Cd and Pb was 29.37, 27.89…

Abstract Evolution has shown us many types of unique traits that help organisms to better survive in their environment. One such exotic creature, which has rapid adaption, is the common cockroach. Though it is hated by many, it is one of the arthropod ever to survive in any given conditions. This paper will be discussing about this hypothesis, which cockroaches have evolved to reduce their life span to almost 1-2 years. This is done to make them fast maturing and thus accelerating the evolution process. A studies conducted has proven that Escherichia coli can evolve to digest citrate within 68000…

Abstract Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is a tryptophan derived indolic compound. Because of its widespread presences, conserved structure and diverse action it is been considered as new master regulator in living beings. In plants melatonin is establishing itself as new signaling molecule and plant growth regulator. It controls diverse function and physiological processes such as circadian rhythm, seed germination, tropic responses, growth promotion, rooting induction, cellular and cytoskeleton development, reproduction, abiotic and biotic stress protection and senescence regulation. Here in this article we have discussed about the discovery of molecule, its biosynthesis and role in plants with special emphasis on its role…

Edition saw 2,400 delegates & visitors representing over 50 countries with 100 high profile speakers and 700 corporates; 1,700 partnering meetings were conducted on the sidelines BioAsia, Asia’s largest Biotechnology and Life-sciences forum and the annual flagship event of the Government of Telangana today concluded after 3-days of insightful deliberations by global leaders of Life Sciences and healthcare. The 16th Edition of the event also saw the highest ever participation of 2,400 delegates and visitors from Healthcare, Biotech, Pharma, Life-Sciences, IT, Academia and Startups representing over 50 countries. Over 100 high profile speakers and more than 700 Corporates participated in…

Abstract Proteins are serving as source of energy and amino acids that contribute to growth and maintenance of the body. Along with nutritional role, proteins are responsible for various physiochemical and sensory properties of foods, and may act as functional and health-promoting ingredients. Many of the physiological and functional properties of proteins are attributed to biologically active peptides which are often encrypted in the native sequence. Native protein serve as a precursor for bioactive peptides which can be produced from the protein precursor by digestive enzymes (gastrointestinal digestion), during food processing (ripening, fermentation, cooking), storage, or by invitro hydrolysis by…

FDA is the world’s largest healthcare agency of USA and is responsible for the development of Science all over the world. It is imperative by the fact that simply a rejection of manufacturing Unit of a company can lead to severe loss on stock exchanges all over the world. But here we are discussing about the quick exit of FDA Chief Dr Scott Gottlieb(46) which is a reaction of several actions that he took and more to some personal reasons here which he think is the priority for him at this time. According to latest reports by Time, CNN, Fortunately…