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Press Release – GE Free NZ New Zealand scientists interviewed on Newshub [1] calling for loosening regulatory controls on Genetic Engineering must heed warnings from overseas, and international standards of regulation need to be strengthened against the risks of genetically … New Zealand scientists interviewed on Newshub [1] calling for loosening regulatory controls on Genetic Engineering must heed warnings from overseas, and international standards of regulation need to be strengthened ag...

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M.Tech Programs: M. Tech. in Nanobiotechnology, M. Tech. in Nanoscience & Technology, M. Tech. in Molecular Medicine Eligibility: Bachelor’s Degree or B.E/B.Tech degree in any of the following disciplines – Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Food Process Engineering, Bioinformatics, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural and Irrigation Engineering, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Food Technology and any other Bioengineering related courses from a recognized university...

Admissions Open for Amrita University’s May 15, 2021, 17:08 IST M. Tech, M. Sc. and B. Sc. Courses in Nanoscience; Last date July 31 Hyderabad: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s Center for Nanoscience’s and Molecular Medicine has announced that it is inviting applications from students for their M. Tech, M. Sc, and B.Sc. courses as well as the Dual Degree programs (M. Sc. + M S, M. Tech + M S) in association with the University of Arizona, USA, for the academic year 2021. MTech Programs...

Absolutely Maybe We’ve well and truly reached cherry-picking season on Covid vaccine data! It’s definitely easier to fall into the trap of claims based on a biased selection of information – and harder to keep up with developments. With over 1 billion doses of Covid vaccines injected globally, the amount of datasets and studies is vast. Fortunately, there are now well over half a million people in phase 3 trials for Covid vaccines, providing an important base of critical information. Tha...

MIT Press HUMANITY’s long-term prospects are weak, at best. If we don’t all kill each other with nuclear weapons, a planet-killing asteroid can’t be too far off. And anyway, the sun itself will (eventually) expand, obliterating all traces of life in our system. Let’s not even get started on pandemics. As if awareness of our own mortality hasn’t given us enough to fret about, we are also capable of imagining our own species’ extinction. Once we do that, though, are we not ethically b...

email article Despite an arsenal of highly effective injectable vaccines, drugmakers are looking into products that will be easier to store, transport, and administer in the global crisis -- particularly, intranasal vaccines. Could these vaccines also hold an advantage when it comes to blocking transmission? While more data has suggested the vaccines authorized in the U.S. cut transmission, some experts have argued that intranasal vaccines may do an even better job of this. MedPage Toda...

Application Deadline:30 July 2021 For young scientists from developing countries (other than Thailand) who wish to pursue advanced research in the biotechnology at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) in Thailand. TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable in BIOTEC and its affiliated research units for a period of twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) months and are awarded to young scientists from developing countries (other than Thailand) to enable them to p...

Abdala vaccine candidate study began in Cuba province Abdala vaccine candidate study began in Cuba province Ciego de Avila, Cuba, May 10 (Prensa Latina) The health intervention study of the anti-Covid-19 Abdala vaccine candidate, began today in this central province, by workers linked to the health sector and Medical Sciences students. The provincial director of Public Health, Angel Batista, pointed out that 27 vaccination center are enabled with all the conditions to apply the first dose to ...

Cuba Ready to Join WHO-Led COVAX Facility, Ambassador to China Says Subscribe Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/world/202105091082836452-cuba-ready-to-join-who-led-covax-facility-ambassador-to-china-says/ NINGDE, China (Sputnik) - Cuba is ready to join the COVAX vaccine-sharing mechanism led by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Latin American countrys ambassador to China, Carlos Miguel Pereira Hernandez, told Sputnik. "Yes, we are ready. Cuba is ready to make our vaccines pub...