Creating awareness among the masses is very important for preventing common man to fall into the clutches of the any fatal diseases. Biomarkers are type of an enzyme that pre-indicates in a disease. They are type of an indicator that provides information about the changes happening in the body and also pre-indicate a disease that is going to attack the body in near future.
Experts said that at present, the biomarkers are used in order to know about heart-related diseases, blood pressure, diabetes, CNS, neurological disorders, bone-related very minute symptoms and IQ also.
On the concluding day of national symposium held at Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Medical and Health Sciences in Dehradun on Thursday, the experts highlighted that the recent researches in biomarkers are concentrating on knowing such indicators that release warning even before the disease attacks and such indicators are of extreme use.
The doctors will be able to alert the patient that if he continues to be careless then are six months he might have a heart attack or diabetes. If the patient puts into practice the doctor’s advice without ignoring the Biomarkers and take appropriate treatment and caution, he can save himself from that disease.
Prof HP Pandey gave lecture on ‘Status on Breast Cancer Metastasis’ whereas Dr T Malati, Hyderabad explained on ‘Screening of Early Prostrate Cancer and Benign Prostrate Hyperplasia’. He said that the
differentiation between prostrate cancer and prostrate enlargement can be easily understood by means of prostrate specific antigen protein which acts as bio-indicator.
Dr Rakesh Kumar Singh, Banaras Hindu University, threw light over the topic ‘Recent Advancement in Diagnosis of Visceral leishmaniasis’. He said that the disease of Kalazar is more prevalent in Eastern Uttar Pradesh as compared to the other parts of State whereas Dr Ankit Khanduri, microbiology department, SGRR Institute of Medical and Health Sciences delivered lecture on ‘Diagnosing Sepsis: Role of Biomarkers’ said that biomarkers act as fantastic means of detecting sepsis.
Dr Suman Bala Sharma, University College of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, explained the importance of jamun in diabetes and D Pracheta, Vanshthali Vidyapeeth University delivered lecture on ‘Anticarcinogenic potential of Euphorbia neriifolia leaves’.
later, Dr RK Singh, HOD, Biochemistry department, SGRR Institute of Medical and Health Sciences thanked all the distinguished guests that participated in the national symposium.