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Due to clinical trials, data testing, COVID-19 vaccine cannot be expected before early 2021: CCMB Director Rakesh Mishra
•CCMB is currently doing 400-500 tests per day and sent proposals to ICMR to undertake a new method which will consume less time and manpower.
CCMB scientists find that 'secretagogin' protein plays a previously unknown role in diabetes
•The processes of regulating insulin synthesis, maturation, secretion and signaling in diabetes were not well-understood.
New vaccine for malaria works on mice but could take years to develop for human use
Sunderarajan Padmanabhan •Malaria parasite, though a tiny single-celled organism, has highly complex life cycle. It has 15 different stages and they occur in different cellular environments.
Here is how good nutrition may help overcome risk of diabetes posed by presence of faulty genes
Yogesh Sharma •The research said that good nutrition – in the form of B12 and folic acid supplements – has a beneficial impact on genes associated with Type 2 diabetes.
CCMB working to make personalised medicine a reality
Sunderarajan Padmanabhan •CCMB is looking to engage with clinicians and the industry in a big way, with them participating right from the beginning stages of research.