The News Review:
- Lupus in women: New genetic risk factors identified
- The GVK BI Clinical Pharmacology Unit granted major accreditations
- Impact | Sundayobserver.lk – Sri Lanka
Lupus in women: New genetic risk factors identified
EurekAlert – EurekAlert (press release) – Jan 20, 2008
The MHI Research Centre officially came into existence in 1976 and has made enormous strides since its creation. Today there are approximately 500 employees students and researchers at the MHI Research Centre. The MHI’s outstanding feature is the balance it achieves between basic research clinical research and clinical care. Its prime focus areas of research are vascular diseases myocardial function and electrophysiology. MHI researchers also contribute to the advancement of knowledge and medical applications in the fields of genomics (in particular in disease gene discovery and pharmacogenomics) biomarkers and preventive cardiology.
The GVK BI Clinical Pharmacology Unit granted major accreditations
techwhack.com – Jan 20, 2008
As a first step GVK BI has expanded and built a new state-of-the-art Bioanalytical facility in addition to the existing one to cater to the growing business demands. GVK BI is also setting up its own Clinical Laboratory and aims for an early accreditation. Sanjay Reddy Managing Director GVK BI. Set up in 2001 GVK BI is a leading CR in India.
Impact | Sundayobserver.lk – Sri Lanka
Sunday bserver – Jan 20, 2008
Environment friendly and designed with a playing area a colourful child friendly environment children are being housed to treat childhood cancers administer treatment and follow ups for cancer and childhood cancer survivors. Allen Yeoh Eng Juh Senior Consultant Department of Paediatric NUH said in all Asian countries fifty per cent of childhood cancers occurred below the age of twenty five. "However there is much hope as childhood cancers are highly curable. " In Sri Lanka as well as in the Asian region on the whole there is a dearth of Paediatric ncologists.
