Author: Biotech Express

Introduction Large scale farmer agitations across the country have made it imperative to look into the mounting agriculture debt in the country. Farmer suicides in India account for 11.2% of all suicides today. About 40% of the farmers are dependent on farming for their livelihoods. The reasons for their distress can be attributed to many reasons. A major one being the high dependence of Indian farmers on monsoon. Lack of it or an excess has been instrumental causing damages in most of India’s agriculture terrain since decades. This followed by diseases, pests etc. have also been why crops get destroyed.…

Introduction The disease TB kills more than 1,400 Indians every day. Some group of Intellectuals says TB is a disease of poor, which is partly true somewhere. WHO estimates that one third of the world’s population is infected with the bacilli that can potentially causes TB, but the transition from infection to disease is the result of the battle occurred between the body and the infectious bacilli. An infected person with weak immunity can easily develop the disease. TB can occur in any part of the body but the most common and dangerous is the Pulmonary TB. Dangerous because the…

Indian and Global homeopathy experts have stressed the need to implement safer homeopathic dispensing practices to standardize and popularize the traditional form of medicine. At an event on ‘Standardization of Homeopathy,”experts from France and India deliberated on the need to prescribe modern homeopathic medicines to patients that offer more quality, safety and hygiene than conventional drugs. The new pre-medicated medicines or Boiron Tubes as they are called, are high quality medicines packaged in a unique sealed tube and are considered gold standard in homeopathy. The tubes have ingredient labelling, indications, batch number, intelligent design, expiry dates and MRP listed on…

Introduction: Look back to your teen years when you were staring at the huge zit on your face in front of the mirror. Thoughts were spinning in your head. How did it get there? How do I get rid of it before anyone sees it? It was reported that approximately 80%-90% of teenage are affected with acne[1]. Although it is a curse of teenage, it may be present at any age. The problem is of 3%-6% of adult men and 5%-12%adult women[2]. The disease is more occurring in females than males. In 2013, it was reported that acne is the…

by Kamal Pratap Singh Genomics market expands from cell culture to Data analysis, which include products and services at every step of a Genomics experiment. So the whole gamut of organizations comes into picture and we are going to summarize few of them which are on the top of list and atleast gains attention of every Genomic person or organization. The worldwide Genomics Market is systematically categorized on the basis of products, applications and technologies. Instruments, services, and consumables are the three key product segments, with a nearly 60% share, consumables dominated the industry in 2013. The Genomics market comprises…

Introduction Genomics is the study of the genomes of organisms. Its main task is to determine the entire sequence of DNA. However one cannot go far in genomics unless they know about genetics. The main difference between genomics and genetics is that genetics scrutinizes the functioning and composition of the single gene whereas genomics addresses all genes and their inter relationships in order to identify their combined influence on the growth and development of the organism. The term Genomics was coined by Tom Roderick, a geneticist at the Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, Maine). Today Genomics has revolutionize the understanding of…

The Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (CEES), Lucknow and Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI) organized a three day workshop on Agripreneurship Development Among Aspiring Farmers during September 15-17, 2018. The aim of this workshop was to educate, train and motivate the young farmers to develop the qualities of entrepreneurship among them. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof Ashok Pandey, Distinguished Scientist, Centre for Innovation and Translational Research, CSIR – Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow. Ms. Nishi Morya CEO, Adhita Biosciences Pvt Ltd., a fast growing agri-based Biotech start-up and Ms. Aparjita Mehra, Prasar Bharti were guest of honor…

As said ‘‘an ace in the hole for DNA sequencing’’ by world’s most reputed Science journal i.e. Nature, it is true that Oxford is going to change what people think of Genomics. It is also evident that Gordon Sanghera and his team have developed a revolutionary device that will change the course of what people know and do with DNA Sequencing. So this special article will show you that why OXFORD has been selected for special coverage despite the presence of other major players in the market. Nanopore company is a spinout company of Oxford University. Naopre is a another…

Prof B K Thelma, known as Thelma among the BioScience community is a well recognized leader in Medical Genomics Scientific research and among the few scientists who translated her research into application. Dr Thelma is an excellent example to understand how Genomics is done and how it is applied for the welfare of general public. Thus we are trying to write as much as possible about her for our readers who search for new avenues and career prospects in Genomics. Early Life Dr Thelma came from a pretty little town called Madikeri, situated in the hills and valleys of a…

Introduction National Institutional Ranking Framework released its 3rd edition of Indian University Rankings. The higher education world in India and its stakeholders in various capacities expected eminent Institutions of the country like IIMs and IITs continue to be on top of these rankings. On a contrary, it was quite surprising to see few private institutions are ranked even above some IITs and NITs like Vellore Institute of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, College of Engineering, Pune and much more which were missing in 2017 were able to secure positions in best 10. by Rahul Bhandari, Assistant Director…