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TopicGenome sequencing

Topic: Genome sequencing

After TrueNat Covid test, Molbio to make cancer screening, blood panels affordable with AI push

In an interview to ThePrint, company's founding director says the firm is working on several projects aiming to make high-quality and cost-effective diagnostics to underserved parts of India

Donkeys were domesticated just once in history, study finds. They went on to change civilisation

Domestication occurred around 5,000 BCE in East Africa & donkeys then rapidly spread through Eurasia, finds genetic analysis by international team of researchers, published in Science.

Scientists plan multi-million dollar resurrection of Tasmanian Tiger, last seen in 1936

The 15-million-dollar project would implement artificial gene sequencing to resurrect the wolf-like marsupial that once roamed the Australian bushes.

45% of samples sequenced in India since January had Omicron, shows Covid lab network INSACOG

INSACOG, in its latest bulletin, revealed that nearly half of all Covid-19 samples sent for genomic sequencing in India since January this year have been identified as Omicron.

India expands Covid genome sequencing network, 6 pvt labs in Bengaluru, Delhi, Ahmedabad added

Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia or INSACOG was set up in Jan 2021. As of 10 Jan 2022, India sequenced 1,28,901 samples, accounting for less than 1% of infected people.

A huge project is underway to sequence the genome of every complex species on Earth

Once complete, it will forever change the way biological research is done.

Tastier, more nutritious, climate-resistant chana soon, thanks to study led by India’s ICRISAT

Scientists from around the world have used genome sequencing to help produce new varieties of chickpea, which are expected to give increased yields at about similar input cost.

Delhi to set up genome sequencing labs, create buffer stock of key medicines –– Kejriwal

The govt will also set up a pediatric taskforce and two genome sequencing labs as well as a plan to ramp up oxygen capacity to prepare for a possible 3rd Covid wave.

Noted virologist Shahid Jameel quits govt panel on genome sequencing of coronavirus

Jameel announced his plan to step down in a meeting of INSACOG held Friday, said officials. Calls and messages to Jameel went unanswered.

Indian scientists create new computational tool to track Covid-19 mutations worldwide

Scientists at Mumbai's Homi Bhabha National Institute create the Infectious Pathogen Detector (IPD) that gives information on abundance, mutations and lineage of a Covid-19 sample.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.