Tirupati pays tributes to cancer expert
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A file photo of cancer expert Dr. V. Shanta being felicitated by IISER Tirupati Director K.N. Ganesh during her visit to the campus in Tirupati in 2019.
The academic hub of Tirupati paid tributes to veteran cancer expert V. Shanta, who died in Chennai on Tuesday.
Dr. Shanta’s last visit to Tirupati was in 2019, when she came to deliver a special address at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER Tirupati) campus on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
“Extremely hard working and dedicated lady”, IISER Director K.N. Ganesh said while paying tributes to her. Recalling her scintillating and thought-provoking lecture delivered to their students two years back, Dr. Ganesh observed that her talk was the first in the series of lectures planned with famous women scientists on that day every year, as part of the institute’s goal of inspiring Gen-X girls to take up a
Coronavirus | Use of a vaccine without knowing its protection potential is unethical, says immunologist Vineeta Bal
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Dr. Bal, a former scientist of the National Institute of Immunology, says emergency use approval for COVID-19 vaccines over fears of mutant strains is not reasonable on a scientific basis.
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Dr. Bal, a former scientist of the National Institute of Immunology, says emergency use approval for COVID-19 vaccines over fears of mutant strains is not reasonable on a scientific basis.
Dr. Vineeta Bal
, immunologist and Faculty, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, and former scientist, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, disagrees with the emergency use approval given to Covaxin, the COVID-19 vaccine by Bharat Biotech, on the grounds that there was no evidence yet on if and how it provided protection. Excerpts from an interview with The Hindu’s