A new institute, with help from the Tatas, will integrate ayurveda with modern medicine to take medical pluralism forward. Earlier this month, something unusual happened in India’s high-tech city of Bangalore. Tradition and modernity met in harmony and with a desire to look forward, not back. Ratan Tata, a Parsi, belonging to the most anglicised… Continue reading Tatas Set Up The Institute of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (I-AIM)
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Centenary Year Begins at B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital
March 27, 2011 marks the start of the 100th year of The B.D. Petit Parsee General Hospital in its service to the Community. The Hospital has a new and very informative website with some great photographs of the actual facility. Parsis have long been pioneers in the medical facility field in Mumbai. To name just… Continue reading Centenary Year Begins at B. D. Petit Parsee General Hospital
Dr Keki Turel To Set Up Institute of Neurosciences in Surat
If all goes well, the diamond city will get a world-class international institute of neurosciences by 2013. Dr Keki Turel, head of department of neurosurgery at Bombay Hospital in Mumbai, has joined hands with the city-based PP Savani Group to set up India’s first dedicated Rs 1,000 crore institute for neurosciences. The state-of-the-art institute of… Continue reading Dr Keki Turel To Set Up Institute of Neurosciences in Surat
First Whole Genome Sequencing of Parsi Breast Cancer Patient Completed
All genetic variants linked to the disease can be identified by employing whole-genome sequencing of affected individuals Avesthagen, a leading knowledge based life sciences company pioneering the convergence between food, pharma and population genetics, has recently announced the completion of whole genome sequence of a Parsi breast cancer patient. Employing whole-genome sequencing of affected individuals… Continue reading First Whole Genome Sequencing of Parsi Breast Cancer Patient Completed
Genome decoded, now Parsi ills can be tackled
Parsis are known to be prone to cancer. Soon, we may know what causes it. For the first time, scientists have sequenced the entire genome of a Parsi woman (74) suffering from an heritable form of breast cancer. Researchers say, the exercise will help in finding variations in DNA. Once matched with DNA of other… Continue reading Genome decoded, now Parsi ills can be tackled
High rate of cancer puts Parsis under microscope
Neville Wadia was only a child when his parents sat him down and told about the deadly disease that plagued his community. By Andrew Buncombe | The Independant “I was seven years old and my father’s brother, who was living in Australia, got cancer. So it was all explained to me,” said Mr Wadia, a… Continue reading High rate of cancer puts Parsis under microscope
Avesthagen Completes the First Whole Genome Sequence of a Parsi Breast Cancer Patient
Avesthagen Limited has yet again established its position as a leader in the successful application of next gen technologies as it announces the completion of the first Parsi breast cancer whole genome sequence of a 74-year-old Parsi woman with a heritable form of breast cancer. The incidence of breast cancer in most populations is strongly… Continue reading Avesthagen Completes the First Whole Genome Sequence of a Parsi Breast Cancer Patient
