Global polio targets set for 2023 unlikely to be met
Since 1988, when the World Health Assembly established the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), wild poliovirus subtype-2 and subtype-3 have
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Month: May 2025
Cheetahs introduced without considering spatial ecology: study
Ideally, just one cheetah is present in 100 sq. km. of an unfenced area, whereas the density of Cheetahs in the Kuno national park stands at three per 100 sq. km.
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Novel host-directed molecules blunt SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus
Virus can develop resistance against antivirals, while drugs that target the host cells to prevent virus infection can remain effective even when the virus evolves
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Influenza virus might have marine origin with fish as early host
Influenza viruses can infect all classes of fish, and Siberian sturgeon may have served as early, if not the first, hosts of influenza virus before it spilled over into mammals
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U.K. sees success in mitochondrial replacement therapy
Eight years after the U.K. became the first country in the world to approve a reproductive technique known as mitochondrial
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Quality human clinical trials using ayurveda and modern medicine
In a welcome move, the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and the Indian
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Wastewater study detects a large, silent wave in Bengaluru
The XBB.1.16 Omicron recombinant first detected in India on December 25, 2022 has become the dominant variant in the country.
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Anaemia: major flaws in a tea fortification study
A small study carried out in Sangli, Maharashtra on 43 women participants to evaluate the effectiveness of tea fortification with
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Omicron variants evolve strategies to evade T cell immunity
The cellular mechanisms and consequences of enhanced MHC I inhibition by Omicron variants on infection and disease remain to be determined
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Prior infections driving dengue virus evolution in India
Several lines of evidence point to interlinked dengue evolution driven by the underlying population-level natural immunity
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SARS-CoV-2 virus not found in animal samples from Huanan seafood market, says study
The absence of the virus in samples collected from raccoon dogs and the inability of the study to establish the origin of the virus is in complete variance to the conclusions of a team led by evolutionary biologist Michael Worobey
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IACS’s novel compound treats drug-resistant kala-azar infection
Experimental work undertaken in mice has shown a novel quinoline derivative to be effective in sharply reducing the load of Leishmania
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GISAID temporarily lifts ban on authors of Zenodo report on the origin of COVID-19 pandemic
GISAID says it reversed its stand and lifted the temporary access restrictions as a ‘show of goodwill’ and did so after it received a reply from the authors on March 21
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