(CoviSurveTM* is a dashboard by Strand Life Sciences, a leader in delivering precision genomics to the people, to track emergence, introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants locally) SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be an elusive moving target. The virus has picked up multiple mutations...
All of us know at least two people who are fighting cancer or we have lost some beloved person or a friend to cancer. Understandably, the word cancer instills fear in our minds simply because the disease is highly fatal. The thing that we all need to know is...
Stubborn Cancer – Tough Fight Rare diseases, as the name suggests, are hard to come by and hence are difficult to treat. Doctors are also sometimes intrigued by some cases when a patient presents symptoms of a rare disease. For health problems that are serious like diabetes, but are widespread,...
Ten Facts about Ovarian Cancer Ovarian cancer is the third most commonly detected cancer amongst Indian women. Breast and cervical cancer have made it to the top of the honors list. However, ovarian cancer is not far behind. Ovarian cancer is the seventh most common cancer in the world!...
What is cancer? We’ve all heard about cancer. Each and every one of us almost certainly knows someone who has had cancer or died from it. Cancer is in the news every day, be it because some celebrity was diagnosed with it or sadly died from it, or because there...
Genetic Counselling- Maximum Benefits Prior to Diagnosis of a Disease You are healthy. There is nothing really wrong with you. Yet you have heard of this service called ‘Genetic Counselling for Breast Cancer’ offered by Strand Life Sciences. Should you really go ahead and make use of it? What is Genetic...
What causes cancer? Part 1 – Lifestyle In our previous blog we talked about what cancer is and touched upon the fact that our changing lifestyles and daily habits might have something to do with the increase in cancer diagnoses overall, but especially the increasing number of people being diagnosed with cancer...
Genetic Counselling of Families Makes A Difference An interesting case was referred to Strand Life Sciences, in 2016. A 52-year-old Maharashtrian lady, Suman (name changed to protect patient’s privacy) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and was referred to a hospital in Mumbai. Suman was given chemotherapy as per established medical...
So, you have received the news that you need to undergo a new kind of test, a ‘genetic test’ in order to understand your risk for inherited cancer? What do you do next? Where do you go? How do you know which lab is the best in India? Here are...
What causes cancer? Part 2 – Inherited mutations We spoke about how our changing lifestyles have started to contribute to rising cancer rates in recent years in Part 1 of this series on What causes cancer?. Although it is possible for us to control lifestyle factors, unfortunately, 5-10% of diagnosed cancers...
