Clinical pathology

40 Toxicity treatment - a challenge to the hospital

We encounter two distinct toxicity cases in the hospital: Toxicity due to drugs & Toxicity due to poisons Many a time these two though are generally looked upon as alike superficially the practitioners and academicians need to treat them differently. The picture perhaps would be clear if I put it as: 'Toxic effect of a poison' & 'Toxic effect of a drug'

vision correction using laser

Hello bloggers, In this blog I would like to elucidate a process by which you don't need to wear your spectacles even if you have sight. Don't be surprised, it is nothing but using a beam of light and getting vision corrected. These days with the advancement of technology, LASER beams are used for correcting the vision. If we compare a human eye can with a camera then

Bioassays... highly specific

Hello bloggers, Sorry for the delay and I am going to give you all an idea about BIOASSAYS. Many new active ingredients are found in different species of plants which have different pharmacological properties .But do all these show equal reponse? To know the concentration of the active ingredient ASSAYS are performed. They can be either

GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION

Hi everybody, first of all I would like to sincerely apologize for the delay in putting up my blog for this month as I was a bit busy with my academic schedule. Here this time I would like to discuss briefly about Glutamatergic neurotransmission which is one of the key neurotransmission pathways involved in functioning of brain. It plays an important role in learning and memory.

Biomarkers

BIOMARKERS Our body is built up with various protecting and preserving elements yet in bringing out surprising discoveries.... One such is the biomarkers!! Biomarkers are the chemical substances released in the body which indicates the present condition/ state and also the extent of risk to a particular tissue or organ.

TOPICS OF THE MONTH!!!

Hello everyone!! Well we are back to post some interesting topics from our side. Dr. G. Girija Sankar 1. Subunit vaccines 2. Modified Insulin Preparations Sirisha Pingali 1. Industrial focus on Females 2. Somniloquoy Gangadhar Hari 1. Biomarkers 2. General rules in Pharmacology practicals K Sravani 1. Water purification system 2. Hydroponics

SECONDARY SCREENING PART I

Hello viewers, After a brief introduction to General Screening Techniques in my previous blog (http://www.pharmainfo.net/dr-girija-sankar/blog/introduction-screening-t...) and Primary Screening (http://www.pharmainfo.net/sirisha/blog/primary-screening) we shall now move onto SECONDARY SCREENING. Secondary screening