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In 1983, Kary Mullis imagined copying DNA while driving through California at night: the idea transformed modern genetics foreverWhile cruising through the scenic highways of California, a visionary scientist named Kary Mullis stumbled upon an extraordinary concept th...
NPS Swasthya: A cushion, not fill-in, for health coverCan the NPS Swasthya scheme be an effective substitute for a comprehensive health insurance plan that covers hospitalisation and related ex...
AI startups feel war impact; Sarvam eyes unicorn clubHappy Wednesday! War-led uncertainty and a weaker rupee are beginning to impact growth plans for Indian AI startups. This and more in today...
How problem-first AI startups are taking AI from pilots to productionArtificial intelligence and robotics are transitioning from experimental pilots to practical operational systems across industries. Compani...
ET AI Awards 2025: Nominate now for the AI for MedTech & Healthcare Innovation categoryThe ET AI Awards 2025 MedTech & Healthcare Innovation category honours large healthcare and life sciences organisations that have deployed ...
AI can have medical care biases too, a study revealsDespite identical clinical details, the AI models occasionally altered decisions based on patients' personal characteristics, affecting pri...
Apollo Hospitals bets on AI to tackle staff workloadApollo, which has more than 10,000 beds across its hospital network, making it one of the largest in the country, set aside 3.5% of its dig...
Experimental blood test may be able to detect Parkinson's disease-related DNA damage, says studyResearchers have developed an experimental blood test that may be able to diagnose Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study. T...
New cancer-like rating system introduced for Alzheimer's diagnosisExperts have developed a new seven-point rating scale for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease based on cognitive and biological changes in patie...
New AI-powered diagnostic tool may provide test results for heart disorders & Alzheimer's in minutesThe diagnostic tool could revolutionise the healthcare sector.
WHO-led programme aims to buy antiviral COVID-19 pills for $10 - documentThe ACT-A asks the G20 and other donors for additional funding of $22.8 billion until September 2022 which will be needed to buy and distri...
No more nasal swabs: Scientists develop new low-cost Covid test that will use saliva onlyIt was inspired by the glucose test strips used to check blood sugar levels in diabetics.
Diagnostics stocks tumble as hopes of Covid-19 vaccine strengthenA successful vaccine could translate to lower business and revenues for these diagnostics firms that had seen a boost in number of tests am...
New antibody tests offer better snapshot of Covid-19 immunityAntibodies are markers of infection, and testing for them helps health officials see how widely the virus has spread. Until now, most tests...
Experimental COVID-19 test detects coronavirus in 10 minutes: StudyAccording to the study, published in the journal ACS Nano, the test uses a simple assay containing gold nanoparticles to detect a colour ch...
Wall Street week ahead: Investors look beyond drug makers as hunt for Covid-19 treatment heats upYet some fund managers believe lasting profits may be elusive for vaccine-makers.
Not just cough and fever, COVID-19 has neurological and digestive symptomsApart from loss of taste and smell, hallucinations, headaches and dizziness could be Covid's warning signs.
IISc researchers working on tool for COVID-19 diagnosis based on cough, speech soundsThe tool, once validated, will offer a test which poses minimum risk of exposure to the healthcare professional and can give the results fa...
Superbugs and subsidies draw big pharma back to antibioticsBig Pharma is creeping back into development of new antibiotics after decades of largely ignoring the business due to the scant rewards off...
IISc professor’ virtual liver product gets patent in USThe virtual liver mimics normal liver functions and generates likely outcomes of new drugs before the drug is tested on animals and humans.