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Published Date : May 2017

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) result from the abnormal growth of neoplasms that originate from cells of the various endocrine glands and nervous systems. Though most of these are benign, some tend to become malignant and may turn cancerous in the long term. Neuroendocrin...

Published Date : Feb 2017

An infusion pump delivers medications and nutrients to patients who cannot take the same orally. These devices find wide application in hospitals to administer drugs in a controlled rate as programmed by the healthcare professional. These pumps offer various advantages over manual administration of ...

Published Date : Feb 2017

Veterinary/Animal vaccines are parenteral products that are used as prophylactic as well as in treatment of various veterinary diseases. Veterinary vaccines play a crucial role in ensuring good health, longevity, and improving overall productivity of pets and livestock, in a cost-effective manner. I...

Published Date : Feb 2017

Pharmaceutical excipients are critical components of a pharmaceutical dosage form, ensuring drug safety and efficacy. Therefore, compatibility with API, adjacent excipients and dosage form are essential factors that need to be considered while selecting an excipient. Various types of excipients are ...

Published Date : Feb 2017

Until about a decade ago, skin diseases were not considered to be much of a concern among the medical fraternity, with focus mainly towards combating major diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hospital-acquired pneumonias. However, in primary care settings, skin disorders are the common diseases prevalent ...

Published Date : Feb 2017

The technique of growing cells outside the human body itself is a significant advancement in scientific research. Cell culture technique has been around since mid-20th century and the field is continuously expanding into various areas of pharmaceutical research and development such as cancer and imm...

Published Date : Feb 2017

Defibrillation is a technique that is considered as a definitive treatment of cardiac arrests and arrhythmias. Defibrillators are devices that are used to defibrillate or stabilize the heartbeat of the patient in a condition of arrhythmias and ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillators work on the prin...

Published Date : May 2017

Cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are the two clinically viable ablation modalities that are widely used and cryotherapy is a treatment that uses extreme cold for denaturing the diseased tissues in the human body. In cryoablation therapy, liquid nitrogen or argon gas is passed to the sit...

Published Date : Dec 2018

Increasing concerns regarding depleting natural resources of oil reservoirs is propelling demand for replacement for fossil fuels. Biofuel production is increasing steadily with promising results. Furthermore, rising concerns regarding climate change and energy security makes biofuel an efficient al...

Published Date : Jul 2019

Companion diagnostics (CDx) is a diagnostic tool used to determine the suitability of a drug therapy to the patient. It has become a critical part of targeted cancer therapy that allows development of personalized therapy that can be developed and administered to the patient. Whole blood samples, ti...

Published Date : Apr 2017

Breast lesion localization methods are invasive or non-invasive techniques used to observe if lesions are palpable or non-palpable, as part of diagnosis of breast cancer. There are various types of breast lesion localization methods used globally to detect the abnormalities in terms of a lump or tum...

Published Date : Feb 2017

Treatment options for wounds includes application of topical medication, sutures, staples, adhesives, compression therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, biological dressings, and negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Negative pressure wound therapy, also called vacuum-assisted wound closure, has gain...

Published Date : May 2018

CAR-T cell therapy is a novel immunotherapy that helps to treat various types of cancers. CAR-T cells are genetically engineered cell receptors that are attached to the T-cells of the cancer patients and infused through the blood stream that activates immune system to kill the cancer causing cells i...

Published Date : Jan 2017

A person’s voice can serve as an extremely useful tool in identifying the temperament and presence or risk of any disorders such as depression, Parkinson’s disease, and coronary artery disease. Factoring this, scientists from research institutes and companies (dealing with voice and spee...

Published Date : Jan 2017

Dental implants are implants in the jaw, placed below the gum line, providing a base for planting artificial teeth or bridge. Dental implants market has witnessed drastic rise in the last few years. A number of socioeconomic and technological factors have contributed to overall growth of the industr...

Published Date : May 2019

Geriatric care services offer end to end solutions and assistance for the elderly population. Elderly individuals suffering from dementia, or chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiac disorders, and others require consistent care and monitoring, which is offered by market players in the form of a r...

Published Date : Jan 2017

Clinical laboratory tests are an integral part of healthcare industry, aiding effective diagnosis of diseases. The tests conducted at diagnostic laboratories enable identification of the epidemiology of disease, the resultant abnormalities, level of progression (stage) of the disease, and imbalances...

Published Date : Jan 2017

Custom LASIK surgery market has grown manifold over the last decade. Increasing demand for minimally invasive therapy along with rise in prevalence rate of refractive disorders has boosted overall demand for LASIK surgery procedure in recent years. Most of the LASIK surgery procedure has been carrie...