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...
23 Jan, 2026, 08.09 PM IST
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 ...
26 Nov, 2025, 05.17 PM IST
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...
09 Apr, 2025, 04.38 PM IST
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...
13 Mar, 2025, 06.26 PM IST
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...
31 Aug, 2023, 06.26 PM IST
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...
17 Jul, 2023, 08.26 AM IST
New AI-powered diagnostic tool may provide test results for heart disorders & Alzheimer's in minutesThe diagnostic tool could revolutionise the healthcare sector.
22 Oct, 2022, 10.00 AM IST
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...
19 Oct, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
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.
18 Jun, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
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...
10 Nov, 2020, 11.46 AM IST
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...
22 Aug, 2020, 10.38 AM IST
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...
30 May, 2020, 06.30 PM IST
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.
23 May, 2020, 11.57 AM IST
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.
07 May, 2020, 06.16 PM IST
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...
15 Apr, 2020, 01.06 PM IST
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...
30 Jun, 2016, 12.25 PM IST
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.
17 Feb, 2014, 10.34 AM IST