News
- 08 May, 2018
For decades fighting communicable diseases have been the principal focus in Bangladesh. So much so that little attention was put in studying and preventing non-communicable diseases. These non-communicable diseases include inherited genetic disorders that affect a significant portion of the population. Among the noncommunicable diseases, thalassemia is the most common congenital single gene disorder in […]
- 28 March, 2018
ideSHi extended its laboratory facilities to a new premise situated at Hosaf High Tower (8 th Floor), 09 Mohakhali Commercial Area, Dhaka 1212. The inauguration ceremony was held on 28 March 2018. Honorable Director General, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh, Professor A. K. Azad, graced the ceremony as […]
- 26 November, 2017
A five day workshop from 26 November-30 November, 2017 was jointly organized by ideSHi-CMBT and icddr,b on applied genetics and genomics for biomedical researchers. Lectures and training exercises were dealt by visiting guests, Dr. Nick Thomson from the Sanger Institute, UK; Dr. Diane Genereux from the BROAD institute, USA; Prof. Ann Dalton from Sheffield Children’s […]
- 15 April, 2017
On April 15th 2017 ideSHi organized a National Conference on Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders in Bangladesh: Present Situation and Future Directions. Scientists and clinicians stressed the need for initiating mandatory nationwide screening of new-born children in order to identify those at risk of having genetic diseases. Several genetic diseases like thalassemia, congenital hypothyroidism, Down syndrome, and muscular […]
- 12 March, 2017
The folks of ideSHi family took a long needed break and went for picnic to Zirani Bazaar, Savar on 02 March, 2018.
