Perinatal transmission Subject: Science and Tech Context: A study published in the journal Indian Paediatrics has claimed that Covid-19 can be transmitted from an infected mother to a baby during the perinatal period. Concept: Perinatal transmission is defined new-born testing positive in the RT-PCR test for Covid-19 in the first 72 hours after birth and […]
Study proposed repurposed drugs to treat covid 19 Subject: Science and Technology Context: The repurposed drug, an antihelminth originally used to treat tapeworm infection, was found to show promise in an exploratory study undertaken by Bengaluru-based National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS-TIFR) and Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (InSTEM) along […]
IIScincubated Mynvax to get funding to bring ‘warm’ Covid vaccine to market Subject : Science & tech Context : Mynvax, a vaccine technology startup, incubated by the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) at the Indian Institute of Science, has signed an agreement to raise 4.2 million dollars. Concept : A heat-tolerant COVID-19 […]
Islanding scheme Subject: Science and Technology Context: In order to avoid outages in the electricity grid like the Mumbai 2020 blackout, islanding scheme is proposed to be implemented at seven new locations across India Concept: The Ministry of power has identified locations for islanding scheme Eastern region: Patna and Ranchi Northern region: Agra (Uttar […]
Azithromycin Subject: Science and Technology Context: A year into the pandemic, however, its use as a treatment option against Covid-19 has gone down, given the lack of evidence that it works, a new study has shown that it does not have a role in the treatment of Covid-19 that it only has a placebo […]
Antibody response Subject: Science and Technology Context: Older people appear to have fewer antibodies against the novel coronavirus, a new laboratory study from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) suggests. Concept: The study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasized that They measured diminished antibody response in older people, […]
Two-thirds of Indians have antibodies shows ICMR survey Subject: Science & tech Context: The fourth national COVID-19 sero survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Concept: As per the sero-survey, two-thirds of the population aged above six have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. The survey also found that more than half of […]
Alzheimer’s disease Subject: Science and Tech Context: The FDA acknowledged there was not sufficient evidence that the drug would help patients. Instead, it said it was greenlighting Aduhelm under a program called “accelerated approval,. Concept: The Food and Drug Administration’s deadline to decide whether to approve Biogen’s controversial Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab, a council of […]
DNA vaccines Subject: Science and Technology Context: Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday said several Indian companies are increasing their production of Covid-19 vaccines and that the country may become the first in the world to develop a DNA-based vaccine. Cadila has completed third phase trial of its DNA vaccine and has applied […]