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Opinion
Surviving
the slowdown
Market
Growing
against gravity
The start of 2008 was going just right for the biotech industry
world over…until the markets started crashing in the
second quarter. Slowly, the poor economy caught up with the
industry, hitting hardest at its 'umbilical cord' financing.
Aashruti Kak surveys the status of the Indian biotech industry
in the absence of venture capital funding
Bio
Asia-a catalyst for the biotech industry
The sixth consecutive edition of the event, BioAsia 2009 is
to be hosted from February 2-4, 2009 at Hyderabad International
Convention Centre (HICC), Hyderabad
Stem
cells-the phoenix within
'Stem 2009' was the perfect platform to focus on the future
scope of stem cells. Suja Nair reports
Management
Timely
detection, quicker cure
One of the most preferred healthcare options in US, diagnostic
kits, are still to make a mark in Indian healthcare market.
Sachin Jagdale analyses
Cervical
cancer prevention—Early diagnosis or prophylaxis?
Is screening for human papillomavirus (HPV) as an early diagnosis
strategy sufficient to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer,
or do we need to take prophylactic measures like large-scale
vaccination programs? Presenting an analysis of this debate
Our
goal is to continue to provide quality, innovative tests
Besides being College of American Pathologists (CAP) and National
Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories
(NABL) certified laboratory, Quest Diagnostics' laboratory
has become one of only five labs in India to achieve National
Glycohaemoglobin Standardisation Program (NGSP) certification
for haemoglobin A1c testing for diabetes. Dr Palat Krishna
Menon, Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics' India, reveals
more to Sachin Jagdale
Technology
Devitalisation
of viral DNA
Glow plasma achieves irreversible metabolic inactivation by
breakdown of vital structural components of bio-entities by
its active species such as photons and radicals comprising
atoms with unpaired electrons that are chemically reactive
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