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Serosurvey will help to know how far we are from herd immunity, says scien
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): With the Indian Council of Medical Research slated to conduct the fourth national serosurvey in the country this month, a scientist associated with CSIR has said it will help find out "how far are we from herd immunity" against COVID-19.
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8 labs in 4 cities, part of CCMB-led consortium to identify Covid-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 10 (ANI): Complementing national efforts led by INSACOG, a consortium of four city clusters - Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune - has been established to upscale the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus genomic surveillance.
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Delta variant prime suspect in COVID-19 cases across Varanasi: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi has collaboratively sequenced genomes of coronavirus variants in Varanasi and adjoining areas and have come across at least seven major strains of
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Meril manufactures commercial kits for CCMB's dry swab direct RT-PCR tests
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 2 (ANI): A simple and fast method of dry swab-based direct RT-PCR has been developed by CSIR's constituent lab Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad.
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Dr Vinay Nandicoori appointed as director of CCMB, Hyderabad
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has appointed Dr Vinay K Nandicoori as its new Director on Tuesday.
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B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 is infectious, may become dominant in other
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The variant of COVID-19 first identified in India - B.1.617.2 - is infectious and there are chances that this variant may become dominant in other countries, a senior scientist has said.
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Research data doesn't establish N440K variant is 'very virulent': Andhra C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): With various media reports claiming that the N440K variant prevailing in different parts of Andhra Pradesh is much more dangerous than the previous variants of COVID-19, the state government sent some samples to CCMB Hyderabad for testing and
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CCMB comes up with new COVID-19 testing method using dry swab
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 30 (ANI): Rakesh Mishra, Director of Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), on Friday said that they have come up with a new way of collecting COVID-19 samples using a dry swab technique/method for testing.
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Next three weeks crucial for India in terms of Covid spread: CSIR-CCMB dir
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 18 (ANI): The next three weeks are crucial for India in terms of the spread of COVID-19, said Dr Rakesh Mishra, Director of CSIR- CCMB (Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology) on Sunday, adding that it is very important for people to follow guidelines
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COVID-19 variant N440K spreading more in southern states: CSIR-CCMB
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CSIR-CCMB) said there is emerging evidence that coronavirus variant N440K is spreading "a lot more" in southern states in the country.
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Coronavirus can be transiently air-borne but preventive measures can keep
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI): The virus can be transiently air-borne but preventive measures like wearing masks can keep one safe, said a study on the air-borne nature of coronavirus.
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CSIR-CCMB, Apollo Hospitals announces collaboration to develop cost-effect
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 11 (ANI): The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited have announced a collaboration for joint manufacturing and commercialisation of an innovative dry swab test, Direct Amplification rapid RT-P
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