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April 28, 2020
How Diagnostic laboratories support the fight against corona virus outbreak
Viral outbreaks are not new; we have faced SARS, MERS, Nipah, Zika, and several other viral outbreaks in the recent past. However, none has made the world stand still as COVID-19 has. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared this outbreak a pandemic due to its high transmission rate; as of 2 April 2020,…
March 28, 2020
Corona virus: How to prepare yourself?
Coronavirus (officially known as – Covid-19), which originated in China, killed 27,352 people across the globe and infected 596,723. Coronaviruses are a large group of viruses that are common among animals. In rare cases, they can be transmitted from animals to humans. The spikes protruding from the virus’s membrane look like the sun’s corona. It is from…
February 28, 2020
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
While February may be better known for Valentine’s Day it is also observed by healthcare organizations as International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month. Raising awareness of prenatal infections is important first and foremost because they are much more prevalent than people might expect. Prenatal infections include bacterial or viral illnesses that can be passed from a mother…
January 29, 2020
Why is Karyotyping important?
The infertility rate has been increasing in the day-to-day world. We hope the majority knows men and women are equally responsible for the increasing rate of infertility. Before getting into the importance of Karyotyping, I would like to draw your attention to what a karyotyping test refers to. A number of questions must be…
November 30, 2019
AIDS: Everything to be known
AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) has become very common among the public and most of us are aware of the reasons for the spreading of HIV virus since our high school classes itself. But in this article, I would like to bring your attention to a detailed structure of the causes and symptoms of AIDS. AIDS…
July 26, 2019
Why Prenatal Screening ?
More than 70 percent of pregnant women in the United States routinely screen their unborn children for things like Down syndrome, spinal cord defects or other genetic conditions. Not only is prenatal diagnosis important in determining the health of the fetus, but they can also help identify health concerns for the mother. America is a…
June 29, 2019
Why Down Syndrome Screening is important?
Isn’t it necessary to know your baby is healthy as you? Of course, the next decision you have to follow after deciding to have a baby has to check whether it is healthy or what. Down syndrome occurs when an extra chromosome is added to the 21st chromosome. This extra genetic material causes changes that…
May 30, 2019
Importance of New Born Screening
The practice of testing all babies in their first days of life for certain disorders and conditions that can hinder their normal development is newborn screening. Doctors often can tell whether newborns have certain conditions that eventually could cause problems through a simple blood test. Although these conditions are rare and most babies are given…
May 4, 2019
Down Syndrome: Never a Burden
Genetic material is stored in genes. These genes are present in the nucleus of every cell in a Human body. The codes responsible for all of our inherited traits are carried by these genes and these inherited traits are grouped along to rod-like structures called chromosomes. The nucleus of each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes….
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