Our world has changed drastically since early 2020 and continues to do so at a rapid pace. Health and healthcare have been at the forefront as a result of the ongoing pandemic, however, on the side-lines efforts towards containment of existing healthcare challenges have suffered major setbacks due to varied…

The SARS-CoV2 and its rapid spread across the globe took the world by ‘surprise’, although many scientists and experts would argue otherwise. Many alarming findings are published in academic research but they seldom spark urgent public health action. In hindsight, it is hoped that this warning sign of the SARS-CoV2…

Healthcare has evolved drastically in the past few decades owing to the scientific and technological developments. Today, technology has become an integral part in identifying and developing solutions against various healthcare challenges, including the silent epidemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR is a multi-faceted global problem, one that requires multi-pronged…

Microbes have been producing antimicrobials for millions of years for their survival. It was the serendipitous discovery of Penicillin that opened the avenue of treating infectious diseases in humans. Since then, many new antimicrobials have been discovered and scientific advancements have enabled us to mass-produce these life-saving drugs. But the…

Prologue: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) startup Pandorum Technologies, one of the first Indian biotech startups to venture into tissue engineering with lab-engineered artificial human tissue and organoids such as liquid cornea and 3-D bio-printed livers, is gunning to address the colossal supply-demand gap in organ transplant in…

The emerging health crisis brought on by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) has opened up opportunities for the scientists and innovators to address the challenge through interventions in Drug Discovery, Diagnostics and Devices. …

Nurture vs Nature — Why a proactive AMR ecosystem will count The challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) requires cohesive and coordinated efforts to combat. …

The emergent global threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is in need of innovative ways to contain and control what is set to be the next epidemic. This requires combined multi-sectoral co-operation on different fronts. Scientific innovations have the potential to control AMR at source, either by early detection and identification…

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an emerging challenge across healthcare, agriculture, livelihoods, food industry, and environment. AMR claims nearly 7,00,000 lives globally, and at this rate is set to claim nearly 10 million deaths by 2050! With expanding populations and the resultant increase in man-animal conflict, zoonotic transmissions are being reported…