India, US to cooperate in developing medical technology

Nice to know that DBT of India has partenered with NIBIB of NIH, USA to push the frontiers in medical technology in India. "The focus will be on infectious diseases, trauma, maternal and child health and chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases," Roderic Pettigrew, Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering quoted during the agreement. According to the report, the Ministry of Science and Technology is setting up the country's first-ever Translational Health Science and Technology Institute to facilitate development, optimisation and evaluation of technologies for public health. I wonder when and where will that Institute be set up. Click here for more.