ISW Desk

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions of infections and deaths worldwide. Limited treatment options and the threat from emerging variants make it even more challenging. Researchers from the National Institute of Mental Health and…
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We are constantly exposed to dangerous germs but rarely get sick from them. Due to our innate immune mechanisms' extraordinarily effective surveillance and defence systems, such infections only very rarely become life-threatening.…
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Salmonella is a type of bacteria that can be found in a wide range of foods, including dairy, meat, and eggs. Humans can contract typhoid and gastrointestinal illnesses from them. It can evade the immune system and persist in particular…
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An excessive amount of anthropogenic CO2 has been released into our atmosphere due to the heavy usage of fossil fuels in industrial processes and other human endeavours. A group of Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)…
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A growing global clinical and public health challenge is antibiotic resistance. Antibiotics are the last line of defence against multidrug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic adjuvants are non-antibiotic substances that target bacterial…
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According to the most recent World Health Organization (WHO) statistics, almost one billion individuals worldwide suffer from some mental condition. As a result of the COVID-19 epidemic, cases of anxiety and sadness increased dramatically.…
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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, have developed a ‘Recombinant Protein Toolbox’ comprising six unique proteins, which can be used to convert healthy skin cells or any somatic cells from an adult human body…
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Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTech) have recently explored bacterial communities associated with red, brown, and green macroalgae marine seaweeds to isolate…
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has released a total of 2122 crop varieties of food crops, oil seeds, pulses, commercial crops, horticultural crops, potential crops and fodder crops during a short span of the last eight…
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Spiders, with their unique ability to secrete silk and venom, are among the most successful animals on earth. The evolutionary origin of poisons in spiders has mainly remained uninvestigated. A study by two researchers of the Evolutionary…
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