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Capable of being injected owing to its two phases (liquid and gel) based on the incubation temperature, they explored its potential to serve as a material for minimally invasive treatment to replace complicated surgeries. Until now, no solution is available to prevent corneal scarring following an injury. They demonstrated, for the first time, that this hydrogel can be applied immediately after injury which helps to regenerate the cornea without scarring. Until now, no treatment is available other than partial donor corneal graft or corneal transplantation for scarring, which is already present in the visual acuity.

MSD Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd has rolled out India’s first gender-neutral Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a bid to reduce the HPV-related disease burden and cancers caused by the virus in Indian women, girls as well as boys.

As of Tuesday evening, India has administered 876.2 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 642.5 million people – making the country second only to China (1.1 billion people inoculated) in terms of the number of people who have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine.