Participants in HIV prevention trials feel good when helping others, found a NIAID-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) cross-protocol analysis.
India’s total COVID-19 case tally rose to 95,71,559 with 36,594 new infections in last 24 hours. While the death toll mounted to 1,39,188 with 540 new deaths. Total active cases stand at 4,16,082.
AstraZeneca has launched a phase IIb clinical trial of the investigational antisense agent, ION449 (AZD8233), in patients with dyslipidemia.
India reported 35,506 fresh COVID-19 cases pushing the cumulative case tally to 95,35,234. The number of active infections stood at 4,21,604 with 40,908 people getting cured/discharged yesterday and 526 succumbing to the infection. The overall recoveries have reached 89,72,711 while the deaths have escalated to 1,38,686.
India saw 36,456 fresh COVID-19 infections on Tuesday. The cumulative case tally now stands at 94,99,710 with 4,27,524 active infections. As many as 43,203 recoveries were reported during the day taking the overall recoveries to 89,31,798. With 500 new deaths the fatalities rose to 1,38,159.
The US FDA has recently approved lonafarnib (Zokinvy) as the first-ever treatment for progeria, a rare and fatal paediatric disease, characterized by dramatic, rapid ageing beginning in childhood.
India reported 39,036 new COVID-19 incidences with Kerala an Himachal Pradesh record ing a higher number of fresh SARS-CoV-2 infections on Sunday.
The Indian generic pharmaceutical company Hetero has joined hands with the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to produce over 100 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V in India through the company’s biologics arm Hetero Biopharma.
India reported 41,353 new COVID-19 incidences on Saturday pushing the case tally to 93,51,224. The death toll climbed to 1,36,238 with 486 new fatalities. Of the total caseload, the overall active cases remained at 4,53,960 as of now. Meanwhile, the number of people who have recuperated from the virus infection has reached 87,58,886 with 41,177 patients getting recovered yesterday.
Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has recently set up a dedicated COVID-19 testing zone inside the airport for domestic passengers without COVID negative certificates arriving from Delhi, Goa, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
A new medical breakthrough, which could diagnose millions via a completely portable home kit, has been designed to detect how likely a person is to suffer from grave diseases like cancer and other ailments.
The India-based digital platform for cancer care, Onco.com has recently announced that the company received global recognition for its advanced technology platform “Online Cancer Patient Assistance Pathway” (OCPAP).
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s School of Biotechnology has tied up with Tata Institute of Genetics and Society (TIGS) to conduct research in antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
