State-of-the-art lab inaugurated

Riding on the technological advances in diagnostics over the last decade, PathCare Labs Pvt.Ltd. has established itself as the brand to reckon in reaching out to millions of patients across the country with the best in rapid and accurate test results. On this powerful network, PathCare has laced the power of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to its existing vast regimen of tests in bettering human health.

The state-of-the art central Clinical Reference Laboratory in Hyderabad, has a world-class NGS unit -the first-of-its-kind advanced lab.The Lab was inaugurated by Jayesh Ranjan, IAS,Principal Secretary, Industry & Commerce(IC) and Information Technology(IT), Govt. of Telangana on January 13.

The Centre will also focus on medical research to understand and unravel the mechanisms underlying in various diseases. As part of this initiative, the thrust will also be on creating partnerships with pharma and hospitals to aid in drug development.

Coupled with the latest technologies in NGS and with the panel of in-house expert Doctors and Genetic Counsellors, Pathcare aims at revolutionizing HealthCare in India leveraging on the infrastructure and its pan-India presence of well-established 40 branch laboratories.

Next-Generation Sequencing - Applications

Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) isa high-throughput sequencing technology that allows rapid and relatively inexpensive acquisition of high-resolution genome data of from any living organism. NGS has made rapid strides into the sphere of Clinical Testing and is hailed as a revolution in medical research and practice.

A single NGS test could pinpoint hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands of genetic variants or disease-causing mutations that could be used to help diagnose disease or predict a person’s risk of developing certain medical conditions.