Watching his dog slowly die, techie refused to give up. Then he used AI and created a custom 'cancer vaccine' for his pet friendAustralian tech expert Paul Conyngham used artificial intelligence to help save his dog Rosie, a Staffy-Shar Pei mix, after she was diagnos...
16 Mar, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Gujarat becomes first state in India to launch Tribal Genome Sequencing ProjectGujarat has launched India's first Tribal Genome Sequencing Project, aiming to improve healthcare for tribal communities. The initiative, s...
16 Jul, 2025, 04.10 PM IST
India's Ayush 'innovations' featured in WHO's brief on AI in traditional medicineThe WHO has lauded India's integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems like Ayush, acknowledging the coun...
12 Jul, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
From medical treatment to therapies, the power of personalised genomicsThe increased awareness about the role genetic makeup plays in mainstream healthcare, nutrition, and personality enhancement.
27 Dec, 2023, 09.44 AM IST
Synthetic biology startup D-Nome raises $1.5 million in funding from Ankur Capital, Campus FundD-Nome's focus is to build rapid point-of-care diagnostics for human infectious diseases and other applications using genomics and syntheti...
21 Jan, 2023, 08.56 PM IST
Actor Suniel Shetty-backed Vieroots in talks to raise upto $10 millionThe company uses an advanced technology called EPLIMO and is into personal consumer geonomics and epigenetic management.
04 Jun, 2022, 03.44 PM IST
View: With the advent of AI in healthcare, moving from data to actionable insights will become easierVarious studies have proved that integration of multiomics data can help identify multiple pathways and processes that drive a disease. On ...
20 Mar, 2022, 11.14 PM IST
Transitioning from the current one-cure-fits-all: Medicines for each other, preciselyHow often do we look for medicines that are commonly used to treat a particular disease? What if we looked for medicines to treat a particu...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
MedGenome secures $55 million funding led by LeapFrog InvestmentsMedGenome plans to use the funds raised to expand clinical genomic testing to India's tier-2 and tier-3 towns and cities, as well as toward...
02 Apr, 2020, 08.27 AM IST
Why gene data will put India on the mapIndia’s plan to focus on two national-level programmes to build genomic data of the population and crops is expected to help the country in...
03 Feb, 2020, 08.51 AM IST
- Genome India Project launched in northeast
Imphal, Oct 24 (IANS) Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of over 2,000 individuals spanning different ethnic, linguistic and socio-cultural sect...
24 Oct, 2017, 05.02 PM IST
Startup Positive Bioscience uses genetic testing to help prevent and cure diseasesThis Mumbai-based startup employs genetic testing to help prevent and cure diseases.
28 Mar, 2016, 08.00 AM IST
Apollo Hospitals launches Strand's clinical genomic tests"These tests will help doctors diagnose disease more precisely, identify the optimal treatment and monitor disease and treatment course for...
25 Jul, 2014, 10.30 AM IST
US Company Cancer Genetics Inc buys India’s genomics firm BioServeUS-based life sciences company Cancer Genetics has acquired Hyderabad’s genomics services provider BioServe India for $1.9 million (Rs 11 c...
15 May, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
- Indian startup Xcode reads your DNA to predict disease risks
Xcode, a Chennai-based startup that genetically tests saliva to determine a person’s tendency to develop certain illnesses and suggest prev...
29 Aug, 2012, 12.58 PM IST
- WB soon to have a world class research facility for cancer
West Bengal will soon house a world-class research facility for cancer.
25 Jul, 2009, 09.48 PM IST
- After space, foundation looks to fire up gene research
The foundation that inspired a private sector race to space has announced a new $10m prize - this time to inspire a race to sequence the hu...
06 Oct, 2006, 12.36 AM IST