Garima Jain is the founder of start-up ‘Mirnau’ (file photo)
Jain, founder of start-up ‘Mirnau’ with knowledge in cancer genomics, aims to improve patient care and outcomes through innovative diagnostic solutions.
Scientists at the Center for Genetic Disorders, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have been awarded a Stage 1 grant for their start-up initiative. Garima Jain received the award for her start-up initiative under the ‘Amrit Grand Challenge Programme’ named ‘Jan Care’ funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Jain, founder of start-up ‘Mirnau’ with knowledge in cancer genomics, aims to improve patient care and outcomes through innovative diagnostic solutions. She aims to improve healthcare and outcomes for patients through innovative clinical solutions, said a BHU statement. The start-up is working to create tests for rapid, actionable and personalized diagnostics for cancer and cardiovascular diseases with the goal of making these solutions accessible to all. The start-up seeks to identify new biomarkers and provide innovative healthcare solutions.
In addition, it is recognized as one of the 75 start-up innovations selected in this competition in the growing areas of telemedicine, digital health, big data, AI and blockchain.
JAN CARE Amrit Grand Innovation Challenge was launched by Government of India along with NASSCOM. The event was in collaboration with several partners from various industries, investors, hospitals and incubator networks.
The above-mentioned program aimed to identify and support around 75 healthtech innovations in various sectors, including telemedicine and digital health, from startups and individuals, to strengthen the healthcare delivery system across India.
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In an official statement, Dr Garima Jain informed that MirNOW is dedicated to the discovery, development and distribution of early diagnostic solutions that can prove beneficial in improving overall health and save many lives.
They are excited about the opportunity to be able to showcase their work at Zen Care and have further added that financial support and valuable feedback have been received and they continue their efforts to refine and develop quality products.
The startup grant will be used to expand a diagnostic tool that uses miRNA biomarkers and a machine learning-based algorithm to predict prostatitis malignancy. As per reports, Professor Anil Kumar Tripathi, Director of the Institute of Science, declared that a country like India urgently needs more scientists like Dr. Garima Jain, who are enthusiastic about deploying advances in scientific knowledge to create healthcare facilities. affordable.
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