January 2010

Shalina Healthcare

Job as Executive-F&D

Torrent Pharma

Scientist II – (Executive) (Pharmacology Department)

 Investigators publish new data in the report 'Efficient transduction of non-human primate motor neurons after intramuscular delivery of recombinant AAV serotype 6.' "Retrograde transport of viral vectors in the rodent spinal cord provides a powerful means to administer a therapeutic transgene from the innervated musculature (see also Gene Therapy).

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is exploring the possibility of prodding the Indian pharmaceutical companies and scientists to develop candidate vaccine and anti-sera against bacterial infection in the burns and ICU patients, in the wake of increasing instances of hospital acquired infections (HAIs).

After a long gap of 10 years, the Tamil Nadu government has appointed 23 new drug inspectors in the state. The Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin has on January 20 handed over the appointment orders to the selected candidates in a special function organized by the drug control department in Kancheepuram, said M Bhaskaran, director of drugs control department.

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in collaboration with German government will soon begin joint research projects in the identified priority areas of biotechnology like neurobiology and neurosciences; structural biology; bioprocess engineering; applications of microbial biotechnology; cell culture technology; and infectious diseases.

The debate on 'false pandemic' alert got wider with a number of member States expressing apprehensions on the response of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to the recent pandemic of H1N1 and India urging the world agency to explain the media reports in this regard.

Even as the WHO agreed to write to all countries to clarify the position, the debate is likely to rage further with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is scheduled to discuss the topic when it meets in Strasbourg later this month.

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