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By Sahana Shankar, Ph.D. Candidate In the past month, COVID-19 has taken over the news cycle across science, health, economics, geopolitics, drug discovery, epidemiology, and many more segments. With a …
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By Ruchi Jhonsa, Ph.D. From the very moment a pathogen enters the body, the immune system deploys small protein molecules called antibodies to fight it. These Y shaped molecules are …
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By Rajaneesh Karimpurath Gopinath, Ph.D. In a total U-turn, Gilead Sciences has now requested the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to rescind the orphan drug designation (ODD) granted to …
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On March 24, 2020, AnGes, Inc, a Japanese biopharmaceutical company, announced that it had completed the development of a DNA vaccine against COVID-19 with Osaka University and it would start …
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By Ruchi Jhonsa, Ph.D. While we are still waiting on the clinical trial data of Gilead’s remdesivir, Genentech bags approval from the FDA to test Actemra (tocilizumab) in adult patients …
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By Rajaneesh K. Gopinath, Ph.D. Pune-based Mylab Discovery Solutions Pvt Ltd. announces the commercial approval of the first, made in India COVID-19 test kit which it developed in a record …
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By Ruchi Jhonsa, Ph.D. While the clinical trials of this promising drug against SARS-CoV-2 are still on, the FDA has provided a significant advantage to Gilead’s remdesivir today. In an …
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By Rituparna Ganguly, Ph.D. Edited by Rajaneesh K. Gopinath, Ph.D. A recently published research letter in JAMA is raising concerns after it reported four patients testing positive for the COVID-19 …
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By Rajaneesh K. Gopinath, Ph.D. This morning, California-based Cepheid announced the USFDA’s Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its rapid, SARS-CoV-2 detecting, real-time RT-PCR test. Named Xpert® Xpress, this molecular diagnostic …
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Korean scientists claim that a lactic acid bacteria from sea buckthorn berries, could potentially inhibit the proliferation of SARS-CoV-2 by repressing purine activation. Lactobacillus species in the gut microbiota have …
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