Title: | CervAstra, a Computational Pathology based, affordable system for detection of Cervical Cancer |
Area: | Medical Sciences |
Focus Area: | Cancer Care |
Status: | Pilot Study completed |
Social Benefits: | One woman dies every 7 minutes due to cervical cancer in India. It is the second most common cancer in Indian women and close to 350 million women is vulnerable to this disease and has limited access to preventive screening facilities. The high incidence and mortality rates are due to a lack of affordable and accessible screening tests at the Point-of-care. |
Developing Agency: | AIndra Systems, Karnataka |
Technology Readiness Index: | TRL-8 |
Source Title: | Data sourced from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) |