MUMBAI: Homegrown Covaxin was to play a major role in vaccination against Covid-19. But eight months after the vaccination drive began, only one in 11 Indians has managed to get…
General methods Antibiotics (Gold Biotechnology) were used at the following working concentrations unless otherwise noted: carbenicillin, 50 μg/mL; spectinomycin, 100 μg/mL; chloramphenicol, 40 μg/mL; kanamycin, 30 μg/mL; tetracycline, 10 μg/mL; streptomycin, 50 μg/mL. David Rich Medium…
Follicle structures, including oocytes, have been reconstructed from mouse pluripotent stem cells.Credit: T. Yoshino et al. Science 373, eabe0237 (2021) Gametes generated from scratch A group of researchers from Japan…
It’s 2036, and you have kidney failure. Until recently, this condition meant months or years of gruelling dialysis, while you hoped that a suitable donor would emerge to provide you…
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Sergiu Pașca is a physician-scientist at Stanford University in California.Credit: S. Pașca Lab, Stanford Univ. Ever since he was a medical student in Romania, Sergiu Pașca has wanted to understand…
Determination of m6A and 5mC conductivity using single-molecule electrical detection We investigated methylation site detection of synthesized RNA nucleotides using a single-molecule electrical resequencing method. The detection scheme was as…
Plaque and phage morphology of DRL-P1 Isolated phage was initially screened against P. aeruginosa through spot tests. A clear zone over a bacterial lawn was observed due to the lytic…
Ula Jurkunas (front) is an eye surgeon at Massachusetts Eye and Ear in Boston.Credit: John Earle Photography for Massachusetts Eye and Ear Nick Karufeh celebrated US Independence Day last year…
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