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Ousting
the hepatitis-B bug
It has been 19 years since the first time hepatitis-B virus
was detected. Fast forwarding to the current year, the virus
still refuses to be cleard. Aashruti Kak finds out why
RT-PCR
sets new trends in medical research
The real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is faster, less
laborious, highly sensitive and specific compared to PCR,
and has wide applications
Piramal
Life Sciences initiates phase I trials
Piramal Life Sciences, commenced a phase I study of a new,
orally active glucose-lowering compound, P1736, in Netherlands.
P1736 is a non-PPAR compound and is being developed for the
treatment of type II diabetes.
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