Diagnostics account for 70 percent of all therapeutic decisions. IVD tests comprise medical devices that diagnose, monitor, screen, and assess predispositions to diseases from assays in a test tube or a controlled environment outside the organism, contributing to the available medical information of a patient. The global IVD market was estimated at $85 bn in […]
The outbreak of Covid19 in December 2019 has once again brought zoonotic infections into focus. As per WHO estimates, 61 percent of all human diseases are zoonotic in origin. Zoonotic (or Zoonosis) are infections or diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans – like dengue, malaria, chikungunya, rabies, salmonella infection, E coli infection, […]
Mumbai, 7th March 2022: Wockhardt Hospitals launches Diabetic Foot Ulcer clinic (DFU) to reduce chances of foot amputation due to Diabetes by using “Growth Factor Concentrate Therapy” (GFC). This is a path breaking therapy where growth factors derived from the patient’s own platelets are further purified and used as an acellular growth factor giving consistent […]
The Indian Healthcare Industry has grown in leaps and bounds in the last couple of years. The focus is on affordable quality healthcare closer to the point of care to avoid stress on the existing setup. Furthermore, to ensure that quality healthcare is available to the masses, even in remote areas, there has been a […]
Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu — Unimeditrek Pvt ltd, is a Delhi, India based Histopathology equipment company mainly focus on manufacturing of Histopathology equipments and consumables, today announced the successful installation of Automatic vacuum tissue processor in Govt. Medical college Thoothukudi Tamil Nadu, India. We would like to thank all our customers for playing a pivotal role […]
The Indian IVD segment has witnessed significant developments and innovations in the last couple of decades. However, 50-60 years back, India did not have a robust enough healthcare manufacturing segment. The policies of those times favored trade liberalization and foreign direct investment. The absence of stringent regulations, quality control, negligible R&D, and the shortage of […]
Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan – Medanta explains how the virus affects heart patients and answers some of the most frequently asked questions: Does Coronavirus affect Heart patients more severely? Are they more vulnerable to catching the Virus? Compared with a Healthy Heart people with Heart conditions are at a greater risk of getting […]
We have all heard about hepatitis immunization schedule from our friends or family physician. But ever wondered why is it so important? Hepatitis is one of the leading causes of liver inflammation globally and liver cancer – one of the top causes of cancer mortality1. World Hepatitis Day is marked every year on July 28 […]
Immunofluorescence microscopy (fluorescent antibody) was reported by Coons, Creech and Jones in 1941. In 1942, Coons and Kaplan reported that fluorescence dyes can be conjugated with antibodies. These labelled antibodies further used as probes to detect and locate antigen specific to this antibody. Coons and Kalpan in 1950 used Fluorescence microscopy for the first time. […]
According to Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Programme (PMNDP), India has nearly two million dialysis patients who frequently have to drive to a dialysis centres two-three times a week especially for haemodialysis as missing any session could be life-threatening for them. Amid the coronavirus scare, several issues such as lack of transport facilities, closure of several […]
