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Personalising Cancer Care through NGS enabled Precision
October is an auspicious month to raise awareness of Cancer, generally recognised as the Breast Cancer awareness month. ISN Medical and Illumina, in collaboration with Covenant Applied informatics and Communication- Africa Center of Excellence (CApIC-ACE) of the Covenant University, Ota, hosted a 5- day workshop on Precision Oncology themed “Personalising Cancer Care in Africa through…
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One Health Genomics International Symposium at a Center of Excellence
For 3 days, the quaint city of Ede in Osun State, the state of the living spring, was buzzing with good cheer and celebration. Close to the capital city of Osogbo, Ede is home to the Africa Center of Excellence for the Genomics of infectious diseases (ACEGID). Between the 7th and 9th of October 2024,…
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NEW INNOVATIONS FOR MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCHAND INFECTIOUS DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INTRODUCING THE ILLUMINA MICROBIAL AMPLICON PREP
In the genome era, infectious diseases don’t have to be a disaster. To further enable infectious disease and public health researchers decode pathogens and make more informed decisions to help keep us safe, Illumina is proud to introduce two new amplicon-based library prep solutions. Developed on the foundation of the proven COVIDSeq™ Assay workflow, Illumina…
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Water Quality for Clinical Testing and Research Use
Water is an essential reagent in laboratory analysis, which makes it critical to ensure that the quality of water used during laboratory analysis meets the quality standard of the intended use.
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Medical Diagnostic Equipment, Types, and Uses
Medical diagnostic equipment is used to detect and diagnose medical conditions. The most common type of medical diagnostic equipment is a stethoscope, which is used to listen to internal body sounds. Other examples include blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, electrocardiographs (ECGs), electroencephalography (EEGs), ultrasonography (US), and X-ray machines. Diagnostic equipment is a form of medical…
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Phoenix M50 and Antimicrobial Resistance
Phoenix M50 – The Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance The discovery of antibiotics changed medicine for good. Antibiotics are essential in treating a wide range of bacterial infections, such as sepsis, meningitis, and pneumonia. They also play a vital role in preventing infection during surgery and life-threatening opportunistic infections in patients under immunosuppressants or those receiving…
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SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME (PART II)
SUPERWOMAN SYNDROME PART II This is a continuation of our Superwoman syndrome series. Read Part I Women are simply amazing! The length at which they go to keep their families together while simultaneously spearheading successful business ventures is largely commendable. However, this leaves them prone to the superwoman syndrome. According to Dr. Tasneem Bhatia’s book…
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Interview with Mr. Amarachi Nwakanma, CEO of God’s Grace Diagnostics, Umuahia
An Interview with Mr Amarachi Nwakanma, CEO of God’s Grace Diagnostics Limited, Umuahia 1. Tell us about yourself and the laboratory (highlighting what you do and your address): I am Mr. Amarachi Nwakanma, a certified medical laboratory scientist with a post-graduate diploma and master’s degree in chemical pathology. I am also the Chief Executive Officer…
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IMLSOTY Winning Lab Receives ₦1M in Medical Reagents from ISN
IMLSOTY WINNING LABORATORY RECEIVES 1 MILLION NAIRA WORTH OF MEDICAL REAGENTS AND CONSUMABLES FROM ISN In fulfillment of our commitment to rewarding the institution that produces the overall winner of the ISN Medical Laboratory Scientist of the Year Award (IMLSOTY), ISN recently handed over medical laboratory reagents and consumables worth 1 Million Naira to the…