Six medical diagnoses of swine flu
Jayati Raha, Anand Bazaar, Calcutta, October 18, 2019
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Data shows that the highest number of swine flu cases is reported in West Bengal during the last eight years. Most of the victims are people from different parts of the state.
Read moreEasy, affordable devices: Meet game changers of India's health sector
Banjot Kaur: Down To Earth, September 21, 2019
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/health/easy-affordable-devices-meet-game-changers-of-india-s-health-sector-64003
Medical diagnostics in India is set to witness a boom time as a wide array of easy-to-use and affordable devices are ready for roll-out
Read more‘The Ticking Time Bomb’: A Doctor on Whether TB Can Be Eliminated From India
Priyamvada Chugh: The better India, September 21, 2019
https://www.thebetterindia.com/177155/tuberculosis-day-chest-physician-health-india/
TB exists on an epic scale in India and stubbornly remains our most pressing public health problem—infecting nearly 300 million people, and killing two every three minutes. Unfortunately, this grim statistic has not changed over several decades,” says Dr Zarir Udwadia
Read moreAdmin sets 2025 target to get rid of TB in Keonjhar Dist TB forum formed; 3 TrueNat machines to be set up in Keonjhar
Post News Network: Orissa Post, September 20, 2019
https://www.orissapost.com/admin-sets-2025-target-to-get-rid-of-tb-in-keonjhar/
Aiming at elimination of tuberculosis in Keonjhar by 2025, the district administration has formed a district TB Forum and planned to take proactive measures to achieve the target
Read morePublished Research Article: Ergonomic Diagnostic Tool based on Chip Mini RT-PCR for Diagnosis of Pulmonary and Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Author: Mangayarkarasi V et al., September 13, 2019
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334155462_Ergonomic_Diagnostic_Tool_based_on_Chip_Mini_RT-PCR_for_Diagnosis_of_Pulmonary_and_Extra_Pulmonary_Tuberculosis/fulltext/5d41f3c292851cd04696e0b3/334155462_Ergonomic_Diagnostic_Tool_based_on_Chip_Mini_RT-
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis (TB) is a challenging problem with the currently available conventional methods
such as microscopy for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) and culture techniques.The diagnosis of Extra pulmonary
tuberculosis (EPTB) is still more challenging due to the low yield of bacilli in the clinical specimens...
Read moreTB diagnostic trial a potential lifesaver
August 14, 2019
https://www.burnet.edu.au/news/1134_tb_diagnostic_trial_a_potential_lifesaver
Recruitment is underway in Papua New Guinea (PNG) for a trial supported by Burnet Institute and the National TB program of PNG of a new and potentially lifesaving rapid diagnostic for tuberculosis (TB)
Read moreMaharashtra: One lakh TB testing kits okayed for better detection
Chaitanya Deshpande, Times of India, August 06, 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/1l-tb-testing-kits-ayed-for-better-detection/articleshow/70544133.cms
Nagpur: The state government has approved spending Rs6.25 crore in current financial year to ensure timely and proper test of tuberculosis (TB), especially in rural areas
Read moreAt Bigtec Labs, we will continue to build and push the boundaries of medical diagnosis
Vyas Sivanand, Indian Express, July 13, 2019
http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/c/41357488
Founded in 2000, Bengaluru- based Bigtec Labs was formed to address the need for 'gold standard' diagnosis at 'near care' locations so that care givers are able to provide precise rather than presumptive diagnosis...
Read morePublished Research Article: Rapid, point-of-care diagnosis of tuberculosis with novel Truenat assay: Cost-effectiveness analysis for India’s public sector
Author: DJ Lee et al., 2019, July 02, 2019
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218890
Truenat is a novel molecular assay that rapidly detects tuberculosis (TB) and rifampicin-resistance. Due to the portability of its battery-powered testing platform, it may be valuable in peripheral healthcare settings in India...Read more
Molbio Diagnostics Lab On A Chip-MDx Platform, The Global First
Sumit Mitra, June 21, 2019
https://www.medicaltechoutlook.com/magazines/July2019/InVitroDiagnostics/#page=37
In Vitro Diagnostic Special MedTech Outlook, July 01, 2019
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