The Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (ABAP) will be useful to form a forum for scientists so that they can bring together to discuss and find scientific solutions to the problems of society. The annual meetings will help the members to share their knowledge and publish their research knowledge particularly by members and fellows of the Association and special care will be taken to provide an opportunity for young scientists. Besides this the association is planned to organize symposia, seminars and workshops on current developments of Biotechnology and Pharmacy particularly on the subject of current scientific interest, and the proceedings of which will be published regularly. And in view of the vast development of science and to disseminate the problems in publication of research work, an international journal of Current Trends in Biotechnology and Pharmacy has been started by ABAP.

Genome-wide Identification and Characterization of Hsp70 gene family in Pearl millet
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Endemic Brucellosis in Indian Animal and Human Populations: A Billion Dollar Issue
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Quantitative Structure-activity Relationship based Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation
of Novel Diarylether Derivatives as a potent Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and
Antioxidant to treat Cognitive dysfunctions
Pavan Srivastava, Prabhash Nath Tripathi, Piyoosh Sharma and Sushant K Shrivastava*

In-vitro Cytotoxicity and in-vivo Anti-Tumor Efficacy of CD13 Targeted Peptide –
Monomethyl Auristatin E (MMAE) Conjugates
Md Zahir Uddin, Xiaoling Li and Bhaskara Jasti*

Determination of Flecainide acetate and its degradation impurities by UPLC-MS
Geetha Bhavani K, Hari Babu B, Ramachandran D, Srinivasu N

Antigenotoxic effects of rutin against methotrexate genotoxicity in Swiss albino mice
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Genetic Divergence and Phylogenetic Analysis of Fish Fauna from Lake Kolleru
based on COI Sequences
Padmavathi P. and Gatreddi Srinu*

Simple and rapid liquid chromatography–tandem mass Spectrometric (LC-MS/MS)
method for the Simultaneous Determination of Pioglitazone and Glimepiride in human
Plasma
D. S. S. Sai Praveen, *S. Asha, P. Ravi Kumar

Topical and Transdermal Benefits of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers
Ashwini M*, Srividya R, Shaanya Johl

Plant Defensins: Tissue Specific Expression Leading to Distinctive Functions
Arunima Pothana, Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Richa K Yeshvekar, Kiran K Sharma*

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