Sankara Nethralaya. A Mission For Vision

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most important challenges in the fight against infectious diseases as drug resistance hinders effective application of modern technologies, Dr. Rajesh Bhatia, Regional Adviser, SEARO/WHO, said at the inauguration of a WHONET workshop at Sankara Nethralaya.
The five-day workshop on “Laboratory based surveillance of antimicrobial resistance,” was inaugurated at Sankara Nethralaya [...]

The Vision Research Foundation (VRF) has been recognized as a patentee for developing a novel method to quantitate the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV) in clinical specimens. Spearheaded by Dr. HN Madhavan, President, VRF, microbiology scientists have developed the Multiple Polymerase Chain Reaction for rapid detection and specific identification of the HCMV which is found in immuno-compromising [...]

A collaborative effort between the Vision Research Foundation and Nichi-In Biosciences has borne fruit with the invention of a novel procedure which will help treat diseases like persistent corneal ulcers, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and other severely damaging injuries to the corneal epithelium.
In 2003, VRF scientists identified a synthetic material — the Mebiol Gel — which was [...]