There’s every chance your Covid jab was made at the Serum Institute of India, where ambitious staff are on course to eliminate malaria. So why do they worry about Britain? The anti-malaria drug R21 is manufactured at a rate of 400 doses a minute at the Serum Institute in Pune Article Ben Spencer | Photographs… Continue reading The West is complacent’: inside the world’s biggest vaccine factory
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Unlocking the secrets of the Parsi gene: What makes them live longer, protects them from certain cancers
A life sciences firm has turned to this community to understand how certain diseases occur in the general population Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Indian Express The project, started by a Bangalore-based life sciences firm, seeks to identify genetic risk factors within the Zoroastrian Parsi population that predispose individuals to cancers and diseases with high… Continue reading Unlocking the secrets of the Parsi gene: What makes them live longer, protects them from certain cancers
Dr. Yazdi Italia Conferred Award by Gujarat Government for his work in Prevention and Control of Sickle Cell Anemia
Dr. Yazdi Italia, Ph.D. is a Translation Scientist. Since 1978, He is one of the pioneers and Ex. Hon. Director (2006 – 2012) of India’s first Sickle Cell Anemia Control Program of Government of Gujarat. This program was awarded Prime Minister’s Award as a model project for all India level. He is co-investigator for many… Continue reading Dr. Yazdi Italia Conferred Award by Gujarat Government for his work in Prevention and Control of Sickle Cell Anemia
She Gave The World 20,000 Babies: Dr. Firuza Parikh
The magic and wonder of advanced medicine hit home last Friday, July 7, 2023, when at an event at a south Mumbai hotel all the 30-40 children and teenagers in the room were ‘test tube’ babies — IVF kids. It was a room full of hope and possibility. Joy. And love. The grand godmother of… Continue reading She Gave The World 20,000 Babies: Dr. Firuza Parikh
Professor Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla Receives 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Congratulations to Hoshang Unwalla, PhD, who received the 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program. The McKnight program aims to increase the number of African Americans and Hispanics in Florida who earn PhDs. Professor Unwalla was nominated by his graduate student Maria José Santiago who also attended the awards… Continue reading Professor Hoshang Jehangir Unwalla Receives 2022-23 Outstanding Mentor Award from Florida Education Fund’s McKnight Doctoral Fellowship Program
Shared Hospital Lab honours founding member Dr. Dhun Noria.
Healthcare trailblazer, Dr. Dhun Noria, Chief of Laboratory Medicine at Scarborough Health Network (SHN), was recently honoured for her formative and ground-breaking contributions to the Shared Hospital Lab (SHL). Founded in 1996, Shared Hospital Lab is a partnership between SHN, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Michael Garron and North York General Hospital to provide high-quality microbiology… Continue reading Shared Hospital Lab honours founding member Dr. Dhun Noria.
120-year-old Masina Hospital gets ₹22 crore facelift
The historic Masina Hospital—city’s second oldest healthcare centre, is all set to complete the ₹22 crore revamp of its patient facility in the next two months Masina Hospital at Byculla, in Mumbai, India, on Monday, August 22, 2022. (Photo by Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo) (HT PHOTO) Article by Somita Pal | Hindustan Times Mumbai: The historic… Continue reading 120-year-old Masina Hospital gets ₹22 crore facelift
