A new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has identified a small molecule drug which shows therapeutic promise against Huntington's disease, a fatal neurodegenerative disorder. The molecule prevents the formation of protein clumps or aggregates which are detrimental for the health of neurons.
A recurring challenge for combination cancer therapy has been delivering drugs with widely differing properties to the tumour site. Now, researchers at the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, and Amity University, Haryana, have come up with a novel strategy for combining three different drugs into a single package that can induce tumour shrinkage when injected.
In this next article in our series on mental health, Zill-e-Anam discusses the culture of silence that prevents many researchers and students from discussing their mental health issues, thus compounding the problem and delaying treatment for those who need it the most.
In addition to limited awareness about mental health in the general populace, a scarcity of large-scale clinical investigations has also been holding back mental health research in India. Recently, three Bengaluru-based research institutions have joined hands for a study that will last two decades and create an extensive resource base of scientific information related to mental illnesses in an Indian population.
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IISER Tirupati has an active Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (PDRF) Program to enable highly motivated young researchers to conduct research in the frontier areas of Science and Technology. Applications are invited twice a year, in April and October, for appointment of …
CDFD intends to sponsor few candidates having excellent track record for DBT-Ramalingaswamy, DST-Ramanujan and India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship applications. The applicants should have research expertise in the following areas. I) Structural Biology/Systems biology/Synthetic Biology, ii) Human Genetics/Human Genomics, iii) Computational …
Cancer Research UK and the Government of India’s Department of Biotechnology have partnered to establish a £10 million, 5-year research initiative focused on finding affordable approaches to cancer. This innovative initiative will build on the scientific strengths of India and the …
The objective of the IBRO Return Home Program is to enable young researchers from less developed countries, who have studied neuroscience in advanced research centers, to return home to continue an internationally valid scientific activity in brain research.Click here for …
YIM 2020 will be held between 14th-18th February 2020 in Mahabalipuram. For more details, visit the meetings page
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