JN.1 variant dominates US with 50% of Covid cases: CDC

IANS | December 28, 2023 7:39 PM

New York, Dec 28 (IANS) The new highly transmissible JN.1 variant, from the lineage of Omicron variant of Covid, is now the dominant variant in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said.

IIT researchers harness plant cells to produce anti-cancer drug

IANS | December 28, 2023 12:32 PM

Chennai, Dec 28 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and Mandi have metabolically engineered the plant cells of Nothapodytes nimmoniana to increase the production of Camptothecin, which is used to treat cancer.