Healthcare

India has a high burden of Tuberculosis, recording close to 2.64 million cases and 75,000 plus deaths in 2019. A considerable percentage of these cases come from underdeveloped, remote areas without proper access to healthcare services. It…
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Seventeen startups and five student innovators have been declared winners in this year’s National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC).  Now in its 5th year, the competition is an annual showcase of promising business ideas with…
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The fight against Cancer could get a major boost with a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Indore synthesising a nano-based therapeutic agent that promises to be highly effective in treating the deadly disease.…
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The Department of Biotechnology’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), has launched a global collaborative platform to help reduce the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) burden in India through stronger and more stepped-up…
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The Department of Biotechnology’s Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) has set up a national facility to specifically address the commercialization gaps faced by the developers of microfluidics technologies and medical…
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Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, launched on Tuesday the fifth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC) organised by Bengaluru-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms…
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The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and Tata Medical and Diagnostics Ltd (Tata MD), the new healthcare venture from the Tata Group have teamed up to boost the COVID-19 testing capacity across Tier-II and Tier-III…
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The risk of severe illness increases with age, with older adults at highest risk. Over 95% of fatalities due to COVID-19 in Europe and 80% in China have included people older than 60 years old. In the USA, 80% of deaths were among adults 65…
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XraySetu, a new AI-driven platform has been developed that will help in early intervention over WhatsApp. This will be made possible through rapid screening of COVID-19 cases with the help of chest X-ray interpretation for doctors who have…
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The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken India to its core. The tall, tsunami-like waves of infections swept India’s healthcare system off its balance, with the latter barely holding on. While the idea that the pandemic was “unexpected and took the…
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