Technology that Cares

Today, healthcare mostly follows a remedial rather than a preventive approach Sonal Pahwa, Associate Director-Healthcare, Technopak Technology has the potential to […]

Portable, inexpensive ‘lab-on-a-chip’ a hit

It’s common knowledge that to carry out genetic tests, one would need expensive, state-of-the-art laboratory. But that might soon change thanks to a group of Canadian scientists who’ve developed a “lab-on-a-chip” device to conduct these tests. What is interesting about the device is that it’s supposed to be portable, inexpensive, and efficient.

Technology to Bolster Healthcare

[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

While healthcare becomes ever more complex, technology is providing answers for some of the most challenging aspects of medicine. eHealth brings you a low down on medical technologies that are changing the way we provide clinical care.

Palm-sized compact device to detect bird flu

Scientists in Singapore have recently invented a palm-sized device that can be used to detect the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu in less than 30 minutes.