Tag: Biomedical
India’s medical waste growing at 7% annually: ASSOCHAM-Velocity study
Inadequate waste management can cause environmental pollution, growth and multiplication of vectors, leading to the transmission of diseases like typhoid, cholera, hepatitis and AIDS through injuries from syringes and needles..............
QCI, AMTZ & AiMeD launch Indian bio-medical skill consortium
The consortium will boost development of Indian biomedical skill sector and also certify capacity of Indian biomedical engineers..........
Resolving fertility issues with data analytics!
Yes, you heard it right. The Innov4Sight, a startup based in Bengaluru is utilizing the cocktail of biotech, information technology and biomedical engineering to boost conception rate among women...........
Tasar silk can used for biomedical applications, finds study
Recently silk cocoon membrane has also been found to generate electrical current and is being explored for use in biosensors..........
Innovative indigenous solution to biomedical waste menace
The New Delhi based S S Medical Systems in association with Council for Scientific and Industrial Research’s Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, has come up with a unique product, OptiMaser which is an advanced microwave based disinfection system...........
Wellcome Trust-DBT Alliance fellowships in biomedical research open now
These fellowships are available across the full spectrum of biomedical research from fundamental molecular and cellular studies through clinical and public health research until 16h of July 2017............
HIV-1 and the host: A tale of two genomes!
In an insightful scientific article, Dr Partha P. Majumder and Dr Ankita Garg, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, share their interesting perspective on the latest research efforts to track the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1).....
More than 500 tonnes of biomedical waste generated in India per...
While the Central Pollution Control Board's 2015 report shows that 1,69,913 healthcare facilities generated approximately 495.30 tonnes of biomedical waste each day, the figure in 2016-17......Read More
Five year fellowship boost for senior biomedical researchers
The two fellowship schemes from Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance are currently open and could be availed by the researchers with a PhD degree in any multidisciplinary area related to biomedical science......
“We are doing reasonably well on quality of research output”
Read the exclusive interaction with Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research and Secretary, Department of Health Research, Government of India....