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Expert dwells on nanotechnology use in medicine
Mohali, December 4 These were the views expressed by Prof Claus- Michael Lehr, head of the department of biopharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology at Saarland University, Germany, while talking to The Tribune here today. He was here to attend the Winter School on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery. He said nanomedicine was a multi-disciplinary system for which knowledge of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine was required to reach a level of success. All departments required to develop the capability were available at one campus in NIPER, and such a facility was not available in Europe. There were good centres in Europe but not located at one place. He said that he would be happy if energetic and well-trained students from NIPER worked in our laboratories and helped in pursuing our scientific goals. Elaborating on nanotechnology, Lehr said that it was a technology that happened at the scale of nanometres and was a very tiny structure - a billionth part of a metre. With this technology, one could create structures and manipulate systems. These tiny structures could be used as “taxi cabs” for medicine delivery . A drug was a passenger and “ taxi cabs” could drive the passenger to the area of target. These “taxis” had to function in a complex environment. He said that developing the new technology would take at least 10 years, as medicine was a complex system where time was required to deliver safe drugs. Putting the existing drugs in a “taxi cab” would prove to be much more helpful than looking for new drugs. Lehr’s scientific interest is focusing on biological barriers. One line of his research is dedicated to new cell culture models (e.g. lung, skin, eye), another one to advanced drug carrier systems (e.g. nanoparticles, liposomes and specific bioadhesion). His work was recently recognised by the APV Research Award 2006 for outstanding achievements in the pharmaceutical sciences. Currently, his office at Saarland University coordinated the EU-funded GALENOS network (www.galenos.net <http://www.galenos.net>). |
Tennis: Sachin, Ranjit Singh enter quaterfinals
Chandigarh, December 4 Sachin Kumar proved too good for his opponent Sarthak Bhardwaj as he blanked him by 5-0. Sachin will now face Himanshu Gupta in the quarterfinals. The second seed Ishaque Eqbal registered one-sided win against Arshmeet Aulakh by 5-1. The third seed Nihit Rawal was also through to the quarterfinal stage, when he defeated Aditya without any difficulty at 5-1. Now, Nihit Rawal will face Paramveer Bajwa for his place in the semifinal stage. Paramveer Bajwa beat Kashish Sehgal with ease by 5-0. Other two players who made to the quarterfinal stage are Lakshay Sofat and Param Punn. In the boys’ under-12 age category, top seed Ranjit Singh booked his place in the quarterfinal stage with ease when he defeated unseeded Parbhsharan Bal by 5-2. The second seed Nishat Eqbal had to sweat it out when his opponent Paran Punn stretched him to the tie breaker. The final score was read in the favour of Nishat. Unseeded Divyaansh Pandey upset the third seed Jitesh Wadhwa in a tough fought battle saving three match points and booked his berth in the quarterfinal stage. Now, he will face the top seed Ranjit Singh in the quarterfinal to be played on Thursday. Karan Kapoor, Ishaque Eqbal, Sumitpal Singh, Shubham Vij and Utkarsh Khosla too moved to the quartefinals stage by defeating their respective opponents with ease. Results: Boys (u-10): Sachin Kumar b Sarthak Bhardwaj, Himanshu Gupta w/o Kanwaljeet Singh, Lakshay Sofat b Vaibhav Rattan, Param Punn b Nikhil Deora, Paramveer Bajwa b Kashish Sehgal, Nihit Rawal b Aditya, Sumitpal Singh b Ketan Sood, Ishaque Eqbal b Arshmeet Aulakh. Boys (u-12): Ranjit Singh b Prabhsharan Bal, Divyaansh Pandey b Jitesh Wadhwa, Karan Kapoor b Kanwaljot Singh, Ishaque Eqbal b Kunal Kapoor, Sumit Pal Singh w/o Ashwinder, Subham Vij b Andrew Pradeep, Utkarsh Khosla b Nihit
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Baseball: ‘The Million Dollar Arm’ kicks off
Chandigarh, December 4 Besides pocketing one million dollar
as the cash prize, the winner would also get a chance to pursue an international sports career. “The winner will be trained in USA for 12 months under the supervision of prominent international trainers before being scouted by pro-baseball teams for a career in the sport”, said Sanjay Lal, managing director of PDM International, one of the sponsors. The organisers would give chance to the sportspersons of the country to pitch
the ball with the maximum speed. “We will travel to 12 main cities of the country, starting from Chandigarh, to search the winner. In the city, a specially designed cage has been set up till December 11 at Dussehra grounds at Panjab University, where anyone can participate to showcase one’s talent. During the evenings, the cage will be located inside Tau Devi Lal stadium to facilitate the pitchers”, said Lal. |
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Basketball
Chandigarh, December 4 The JNV cagers had no answer to top performer Ranvir skills, who dominated the proceedings throughout the match. Jashan and Gurmit contributed four points each for Stephen’s. For the losers, Pinto was the highest scorer with 10 points, followed by Amarjit (6) and Raju (6). In the other match, Shivalik Public School, Sector 41, lost to St Xavier’s, Mohali, 9-30 in the same category. Scoring 24 points, Simran played a key role in the win. |
Ambala gets Rs 672 lakh grant for sanitation
Ambala, December 4 This was stated here today by Mohammad Shayin, deputy commissioner, Ambala. He said under this scheme, a sum of Rs 317.43 lakh had been spent till October 31, 2007 and 10,187 toilets, 56 women health complexes, 275 school toilets and 468 Anganwadi toilets had been constructed. Besides this, 353 panchayats were given funds for proper management of waste. He informed that a sum of Rs 1,200 was given to the families living below poverty line for construction of personal toilets. For construction of Mahila complexes, a sum of Rs 1.50 lakh had been given at the ratio of 60:20:20 by the central and the state government. Similarly, for construction of Anganwadi toilets, Rs 5,000 was provided. For creating awareness among the general public regarding ill-effects of answering nature’s call in the open, a workshop under Water Sanitation Programme was held from November 29 to December 3, 2007 at Panchayat Bhawan, Ambala City. The workshop was attended by block development and panchayat officers, gram sachives, panches and sarpanches of all blocks of Ambala district including CDPO's, Anganwadi workers and motivators.
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Bal Divas winners honoured
Patiala, December 4 The competitions, according to Ahluwalia, who is also president of the parishad, proved to be a talent hunt programme as it enabled the organisers to recognise the talent of numerous kids of different age groups. “The deputy commissioners have been asked to organise similar events in their respective districts so that more children could come forward and show their talent,” said Ahluwalia. Deputy commissioner-cum-senior vice-president of the parishad D.S. Grewal said over 1,500 children of 81 schools participated in the competition. “As many as 515 of these kids had bagged prizes in different competitions and they have been given awards for their feats,” said Grewal. |
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Saras fair from tomorrow
Patiala, December 4 The fair is unique in the sense that those artisans and craftsmen who are beneficiaries under the Swaranjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yozna, will converge under a single roof for exhibition of their artifacts and products. “It is a rare opportunity for Punjabis to see all genres of handicrafts at Sheesh Mahal here, where the fair is being organised. The fair will also ensure that the craftsmen and consumers come face-to-face with each other and interact without any middleman,” said deputy commissioner D.S. Grewal. Punjab minister for rural development and panchayats Ranjit Singh Brahmpura will inaugurate the fair on December 6. “The Punjab Government is very keen to promote artisans and their creations,” said Grewal. A food court will be an essential part of the fair to tickle the taste buds of Punjabis. “Special care has been taken for the
entertainment of children. We hope to get a good response,” said Grewal. |
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Student’s death in accident
Dera Bassi, December 4 Two students of the college were involved in an accident that took place on the Panchkula-Pinjore stretch of national highway number 22. While one of the students, Mukul Gupta, died on-the-spot, another was seriously injured. The students of the college alleged that no one from the management or staff bothered to go and pay their condolences to the family of the deceased nor did anyone go to inquire about the one who was battling for life. Chairman of the college Avtar Singh said they were trying to locate the addresses of the students. A team of 14 students and two staff members had been formed this morning to go and visit both the families but due to an exam, the team could not go. He added that the teams would visit the families tomorrow morning. |
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2 held for taking loan on forged documents
Kharar, December 4 The arrested include Rajesh Chauhan, a resident of Zirakpur, and Nadim Ahmed, a resident of Burail in Chandigarh. While Rajesh was an ICICI agent, Nadim used to get loans on forged documents. The Kharar police officials said Nadim had ready-made forged documents that were being used to procure loan. Rajesh and Nadim had borrowed a loan of Rs 50,000 from ICICI Bank, Phase XI branch here, six months back. It was borrowed in the name of some Garg and was never paid back. They again applied for a second loan a few days back. Nadim applied for this loan posing as a resident of Mundi Kharar. On verification, bank officials found the Mundi Kharar address to be incorrect and informed the police. Rajesh and Nadim were arrested on the complaint of bank manager Sandeep Kumar under Sections 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC. Investigating officer Sikandar Singh said the accused had four accounts in the same bank by different names. The police was verifying if the duo had duped any other bank also. |
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