Lab notes: Poor drug quality is making ringworm treatment less effective

Some brands of Itraconazole have been showing decreased effectiveness against ringworm infection, even when given in high dosages.

PK Mukherjee

· Dec 12, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Seaweed-silver combination can fight drug-resistant bacteria in biofilms

The nanocomposite also has potential applications in food packaging industry as microbial films spoil food products.

Aditi Jain

· Dec 04, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Insect stings inspire syringe-needle designs

Unique structural and functional features of wasp and bee stingers are responsible for painless piercing of the skin.

Rayies Altaf

· Nov 06, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Accuracy of light-based non-invasive blood tests depends on skin type

New blood tests are being developed using LEDs but scientists now find that roughness of the skin has to be factored in.

Sanghamitra Deobhanj

· Oct 25, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Injectable gel can deliver insulin-producing islet cells to treat Type 1 diabetes

The gel-based delivery system has been tested successfully in rats and could be a cost effective option for diabetes treatment.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 23, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists track how head and neck muscles form during embryonic development

This mechanism may hold clues to muscular dystrophy and its treatment.

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Oct 04, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: New study shows that air pollution significantly increases diabetes risk

India already accounts for nearly half of the world’s diabetes burden with 72 million afflicted people in 2017.

Raghu Murtugudde

· Sep 21, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Only optimal levels of a cell division protein allows the tuberculosis pathogen to grow

Both increasing and decreasing amounts of this protein in Mycobacterium tuberculosis hampers its growth and division

Ratneshwar Thakur

· Aug 31, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Gut bacteria are a reservoir of drug resistance genes, finds study

The most abundant resistant genes were the ones associated with resistance to tetracycline.

Divya Khatter

· Aug 27, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists decipher how the Japanese encephalitis virus enters brain cells

Infection occurs when viral attachment proteins interact with cellular membrane proteins of host cells.

Yogesh Sharma

· Aug 17, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Lab notes: Scientists develop dipstick urine test to predict drug response in alcoholic hepatitis

Not all patients of severe alcoholic hepatitis respond to corticosteroid therapy that is currently available and run a high risk of infection.

Dinesh C Sharma

· Aug 09, 2018 · 05:30 am

Lab notes: Scientists identify the zika virus protein that causes microcephaly in infants

The team discovered that the envelope protein of the virus promotes premature but faulty neuron formation.

Pankaj Seth

· Aug 01, 2018 · 05:30 pm