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In 2022, a Dutch scientist flagged duplication of text and signs of manipulation in images presented in a 2004 research paper co-authored by one of India’s leading virologists, Nivedita Gupta. On 26 May 2022, the peer-reviewed journal, Mycopathologia, retracted the paper, though at the time, Gupta denied the accusations, reiterating that her research was path-breaking. It was one of the first in India to document the spread of Candida infections in a burn ward, she said. The national and international science community waited to see what action would be taken. A day later, Nivedita Gupta was made head of virology…

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by Seema Pavgi Upadhye In her speech for the 2024-2025 Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke of “a new scheme of bio-manufacturing and bio-foundry” to provide “environment-friendly alternatives such as biodegradable polymers, bio-plastics, bio-pharmaceuticals and bio-agri-inputs”. The announcement is part of a bid to have the bio-economy contribute $300 billion to the Indian economy by 2030, representing a jump of around ₹18 lakh crore in value from current levels, and $1 trillion by 2047. The products of the bio-economy also play key roles in India’s sustainability and ‘green’ economy targets. “The way to upskill India’s bio-science sector is to put…

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Australian scientists have pinpointed likely ‘cells-of-origin’, the source cells that can grow into breast cancer, in women carrying a faulty BRCA2 gene who are at high risk of developing the disease. The WEHI-led study also showed these cells have potential to be targeted with an existing cancer drug to delay tumour growth, in findings that may lead to future preventive treatments for the disease. Women who inherit and carry a faulty BRCA2 gene have a substantially increased risk of developing breast cancer — approximately 70% of carriers will develop the disease over their lifetime. These cancers often occur at a…

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the commercial release of genetically modified insect-resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, known as TELA maize. With this latest development, GM maize becomes the second food crop, after Bt cowpea, to be commercialized in the country. The approval was granted by the National Committee on Naming, Registration, and Release of Crop Varieties, Livestock Breeds/Fisheries (NCNRRCVLF) on January 11, 2024, in Ibadan. The varieties approved are SAMMAZ 72T, SAMMAZ 73T, SAMMAZ 74T, and SAMMAZ 75T. The new varieties are drought tolerant and are resistant to stem-borer and fall armyworm, resulting in a yield advantage of…

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Dr K Anand Kumar, Managing Director of Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) has been conferred with the “Vocational Excellence Award 2023-24” at a grand function organized by the Rotary Club of Pollachi in Tamil Nadu. Kumar has joined some legendary personalities such as Dr. K. Sivan, ISRO and Dr. M. Annadurai, ISRO, who were the previous recipients of this prestigious award. Dr. K Anand Kumar has played a crucial role in advancing India’s expertise in producing vaccines and biosimilars, ensuring that critical biologic treatments are more accessible to patients, both within the country and overseas. Dr. Kumar-led IIL has created a…

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by Kamal Pratap Singh About Dr Arvind Ranade Dr Arvind C. Ranade is the Director of National Innovation Foundation-India, at Gandhinagar since April 2023. Before joining NIF-India, he was an Executive Director of Indian National Science Academy(INSA) New Delhi. He started his career as a Scientist for Astronomy and Space Science Communication in VigyanPrasar, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in 2004. He did his PhD in Astronomical Spectroscopy at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune. He has contributed through research papers and research reports. He is actively involved in writing popular science articles and scientific…

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Elsevier’s Scopus database has paused indexing content from Sustainability, an MDPI journal, while it reevaluates whether to include the title, Retraction Watch has learned. Other MDPI titles were reevaluated in 2023, and its mathematics journal Axioms is no longer included in Scopus’ nearly 30,000 titles. Clarivate also delisted two MDPI journals, including the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, from its Web of Science index earlier this year, meaning those journals will no longer receive impact factors. Universities and funders use Scopus to create “whitelists” of journals in which authors are encouraged to publish, so removal from the…

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Prof. Rajeev K Varshney, a globally recognized leader in genome sequencing, genomics-assisted breeding, translational genomics, and capacity building in agriculture, has received the prestigious Crop Science Research Award 2023 from the Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and was honored as a Highly Cited Researcher from the Clarivate (UK). The Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), founded in 1956 and headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin (USA), is an esteemed organization dedicated to advancing plant science solutions for a better world. At its annual meeting in St. Louis, USA (Oct 29- Nov 1, 2023), Prof. Varshney was celebrated for his exceptional contributions…

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The XX Convention of the Society was held as International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT-2023), jointly organized by the CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Trivandrum, India and BRSI during November 26-29, 2023 at the hotel Residency Tower, Trivandrum. Drs Rajeev Sukumaran and P Binod were its Conveners along with Dr V Vivekanand, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur and Dr T Bhaskar, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun as Co-conveners. Prof Sudhir Sopory, President of the BRSI was the conference chair; Drs Vivek Agarwal and Madhavan Nampoothiri were co-chairs and Prof Huu Hao Ngo, University of Technology…

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SCIINV BioSciences, a Startup founded by Women Enterprenuers from Hyderabad have developed AI/ML led Clinically validated digital diagnostic tool AMRxTM for combating Anti Microbial Resistance. SCIINV Biosciences and World Trade Centre- Shamshabad, India, announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will leverage the strengths in digital diagnostics to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The World Health Organization (WHO) lists AMR among top 10 threats for global health. The MoU is signed by Dr.Uma Rani, CEO of SCIINV Biosciences and Varaprasada Reddy Yarram Chairman of World Trade Centre, Shamshabad, India. Directors of SCIINV Biosciences, P. Anasuya, PV Lakshmi and J.Malathi and Krishna B,…

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