PU researchers convert agri waste into edible sugars
June 28, 2021
LAHORE:A research team under Punjab University Centre for Research in Ionic Liquids (CRIL) Director Dr Maliha Uroos has developed a protocol to convert agricultural waste into food.
The food grade glucose produced can be used for human consumption, in pharmaceuticals, general food industry and for the production of artificial proteins. The CRIL has been recently established by PU VC Prof Dr Niaz Ahmed Akhtar with an aim to resolve socio-economic problems.
The work is published in international journal of American Chemical Society named “ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering” with an impact factor of 7.63. This research contribution was made possible by her PhD student Azmat Mehmood Asim, in collaboration with Prof Jason Hallett, Imperial College London and Dr Nawshad Muhammad, Khyber Medical University.
Students of a state-run primary school in Lesva village pose with school bags carrying stationery gifted by a team of health practitioners from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dawn
MUZAFFARABAD: A seven-member team of leading health practitioners from neighbouring Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, assisted by 10 medics, participated in a free medical camp in Neelum valley on Sunday and examined around 1,000 patients from different age groups.
The camp was established in the Basic Health Unit (BHU) of Bata village, under an initiative taken by Azad Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Sohail Habib Tajik - a medical graduate from Khyber Medical University, Peshawar.
A senior citizen receives a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Peshawar. AFP/File
PESHAWAR: As Covid-19 cases and mortalities continue to decline in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, health department has intensified efforts to enhance vaccination prior to the onset of the fourth wave.
On Sunday, four more patients succumbed to the virus and 131 new cases were recorded in the province that took the overall tally of deaths and incidence to 4,308 and 137,759 respectively.
Of the total infected people, 131,626 (95 per cent) including 113 recorded during the last 24 hours have recovered from the infection, according to daily situation report released by health department. It said that presently there were 1,825 active cases in the province.
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