Tag: early diagnosis
Diagnostic test for pre-diabetic condition feasible: study
Researchers have found that abundance of glucose bound peptides (smaller units of a protein) of protein serum albumin can help in accurately diagnosing pre-diabetes...................
Using machine learning, scientists develop pre-screening tool for cancer
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have developed a machine learning-based algorithm for predicting signs of esophageal cancer, based on demographic data and results of certain clinical tests.................
Tear-based screening test soon for childhood blinding condition
A group of researchers in Hyderabad have identified a biomarker that can help in detecting the risk of Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) from just a drop of tear..........................
Addressing cancer epidemic in India using power of genomics
While we understand the disease a lot better than we did a century ago with survival rates in some cancers as high as 90% now, we have challenges that are unique to our country, writes Dr Radhika Nair in the below column. Read details..............