A team of doctors at Rajagiri Hospital near Aluva in Ernakulam have claimed to have developed a cost-effective technique for accurate identification and removal of residual tumours in breast cancer patients after chemotherapy. During surgery, the clips are located using ultrasound, and methylene blue dye is injected around them, providing a clear guide for precise tumour removal. By enabling accurate …
At a conference on tackling antimicrobial resistance, experts called for measures to develop strategies to tackle the serious threat and the need for new antibiotics, molecules and diagnostics. Renu Swarup, former Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, said, “We have exposed all microbes, the small pool of antibiotics that we have and have made everything resistant.” She termed …
