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 […]
Does the COVID-19 cytokine storm exist? Inflammatory proteins, also known as cytokines, play a crucial role in the immune reaction. If this immune response is too powerful, a phenomenon called”cytokine storm”, it can result in harm to the patient. It’s been believed that a cytokine storm contributes to disease severity in patients with COVID-19. Following […]
With the monsoon season setting in the threat of viral, bacterial and vector-borne infections are high. A Lancet report published recently states that dengue and Covid-19 are difficult to distinguish because of their “shared clinical and laboratory features”. Many hospitals have recently encountered a handful of curious cases where Covid-19 patients have walked in with […]
AMSBIO reports on the pioneering research published** by scientists at Stanford University Medical School that has cited Mimetix® aligned 3D cell culture scaffold supplied by the company to understand the architecture of the myelin sheaths which insulate neuronal axons, so they can transmit electrical impulses quickly and efficiently. Oligodendrocyte cells in the central nervous system can contact up […]
Until now it has been believed that in order for a tick to trigger an allergic immune response to alpha-gal in humans, the tick would need to have recently fed on the alpha-gal-rich blood of a mammal. New research from the UNC School of Medicine presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology […]
