Tag: Test
Safe Blood Transfusion: A Challenge
The challenge is not just with fragmentation or the number of blood banks, it is also with the lack of regular, repeat voluntary blood donations and screening techniques that are used to test donated blood, writes Sumit Bagaria...........
World Hearing Day: 7 in 10 newborns not tested for hearing...
An estimated 5-6 of every 1000 newborns suffer from some degree of hearing loss in India but only few parents are able to recognize signs or know how to seek treatment, thus delaying the chances of critical intervention...................
Govt gives go ahead to revised non-animal tests to check pesticide...
This decision comes after more than two years of campaigning by Humane Society International, India and negotiations between it and the members of the pesticide industry as well as PETA India...........
ICAR-CIFT develops rapid detection kits to check adulterations in fresh fish
The Central Institute of Fisheries Technology has developed a low-cost, users’ friendly Paper Strip methods for rapid detection of formaldehyde and ammonia in fishes.......
Students of Shiv Nadar School Noida create low-cost prototype of air-filter
While the Grade nine students developed an air collection mechanism to study samples from different heights of the atmosphere and conduct an air quality test, the Grade six students conducted comparative analysis through an innovative lung capacity test...........
“Biotech industry still requires significant research & innovation in varied areas”
Mentioned Dr Vijay Chandru, Chairman and Managing Director, Strand Life Sciences who believes that the markets will also see closer collaborations between biotech and pharmaceutical companies to offer more comprehensive treatment options.............
Scientists identify genes that increase risk of bone weakness
The study has revealed that the variations in the genes, PLIN1, CFD and ADIPOQ leads to a two-fold increased risk of low bone mass among North Indian populations...........
Rapid test developed to detect aquaculture virus
Developed by scientists at the Vellore Institute of Technology University in Tamil Nadu, the virus detection test can easily identify the affected shrimp without taking much time or money.....
Tracking TB becomes simpler with mobile phone
The App 'E-detection’ can then be used to keep track of these cases during different stages of diagnosis such as sputum test and x-ray......
CORE Diagnostics to market CellMax Life’s non-invasive cancer test in India
The personalized, precision cancer risk assessment and screening test for cancer that is non-invasive in nature, is being brought to India by Core Diagnostics...............