08 – 14 February 2016 Air pollution takes 5.5 million lives annually Power plants, vehicle exhaust, industrial manufacturing, burning coal and other related environmentally hazardous pollutants account for 5.5 million human lives every year now. More than half of deaths occur in two of the world's fastest growing economies, China and India. Find source …
01 – 07 February 2016 India becomes member of EMBO India joins the European Molecular Biology Organization as associate member state (EMBO). India is second such country outside Europe to become part of this organization after Singapore. Indian scientists can now take part in EMBO research plans and programs. Find source Low cotton production may …
25 – 31 January 2016 Zika virus 'spreading explosively' in the Americas World Health Organization says that Zika virus is "spreading explosively" in the Latin America and the number of infected persons may go up to four million. Find source Cotton production continues to slow down in Pakistan Pakistan faces a decline in cotton production …
18 - 24 January 2016 First flower in Space International Space Station shared photographs of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant growth system. This will scientists to understand how plants grow in microgravity. Find source Zika Virus After a long chain of relatively unknown and novel viruses’ attacks, there is yet another one. Zika …
11 – 17 January 2016 Fatal drug trials in France Six men are reported hospitalized while on of them is declared brain dead during trials of a drug at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes, France. News are developing and more deaths are anticipated. Find source Scientist likely to become vice-president of Taiwan Dr. Chen Chien-Jen, known …
28 December 2015 – 03 January 2016 Swine flu hits Pakistan The confirmation of swine flu (H1N1A) virus in Multan (northren city of the Punjab province) has panicked the citizens as a lab test report has confirmed that a 28 year old woman is suffering from this deadly flu. Find source First ancient Irish …
04 – 10 January 2016 China to embraces precision medicine on a massive scale China hopes to bring to the nascent field of precision medicine, which uses genomic, physiological and other data to tailor treatments to individuals. Find source Teaching old bacteria new tricks to perform artificial photosynthesis. Scientist have converted natural non photosynthetic …
Advancements in Life Sciences has got indexed for coverage in the Thomson Reuters: Emerging Sources Citation Index, which is the New Edition of the Web of Science. This means that all articles published in the journal will be indexed in the Web of Science.
21 – 27 December 2015 CRISPR makes out the biggest breakthrough of 2015 Among other significant and widely talked about development, CRISPR technology bags the title of 'Biggest Breakthrough' of year 2015. This powerful and promising genome editing technology got top positon at Science Magazine list. Find source US concerns over wild bee decline US crop …
Pre-publication of the 'Proceedings of International Symposium on Advances in Molecular Biology of Plants and Health Sciences' scheduled to be held on 29 – 31 December 2015 at Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab, Lahore – PAKISTAN is now officially released. These proceedings include abstracts for oral and posters presentations that were accepted after evaluation by …
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