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Indian Immunologicals produces million doses of livestock vaccine

(Hindu Business Line) The vaccine maker Indian Immunologicals has achieved a milestone by producing a billion doses of the important vaccine to control foot and mouth disease. The disease affects the livestock industry globally. Estimated losses to the tune of Rs 3000 crore …

Historic ‘Grand Challenge’ launched: Create low-cost devices for rapid disease diagnosis

(McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health) Grand Challenges Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have teamed up on an unprecedented global effort to discover and develop affordable, easy-to-use tools to help developing country health workers rapidly diagnose diseases in rural communities. The expected result: more timely and appropriate treatment of illnesses in poor countries,  Read More »

City gets high-tech research lab for testing of airborne diseases

(Hindustan Times) Last week, a laboratory – Biosafety Lab Level 3 – at the Haffkine Institute at Parel was certified by an independent agency, signaling the start of research work commissioned to understand organisms responsible for diseases such as swine flu, …

UN – Review Conference Can Boost Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Biological …

(ISRIA) The Biological Weapons Convention is central to the global disarmament and non-proliferation framework. Over the past five years, States parties have developed common understandings aimed at better implementation of this critical instrument. …

A new map of “the other” malaria

The malarial parasite, Plasmodium vivax, is something of a forgotten step sister to the more prevalent, more deadly Plasmodium falciparum. Global and local programmes looking to eradicate malaria may need to pay it more attention say several health experts presenting at this year’s annual meeting for the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in  Read More »

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