by Dr.Vinay Kohli MD,MBA Chief Medical Officer & Vice-Chancellor | Dec 4, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
COVID-19 vaccines are considered the most promising path to curbing the pandemic and are being followed aggressively. More than 40 candidate vaccines are in human trials as of fall of 2020 and more than 150 are in preclinical trials. As vaccines are applying...
by Dr.Vinay Kohli MD,MBA Chief Medical Officer & Vice-Chancellor | Nov 30, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic disease that induces elevated blood sugar. In order to store or use glucose, the hormone insulin transfers sugar from the blood into cells. With diabetes, the body either does not produce enough insulin or is unable to use the insulin...
by Dr.Vinay Kohli MD,MBA Chief Medical Officer & Vice-Chancellor | Nov 11, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
A 2019 coronavirus disease prevention vaccine (COVID-19) is perhaps the best chance for ending the pandemic. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19 virus infection, but researchers are racing to develop one. Coronaviruses are enveloped positive-stranded RNA...
by Dr.Vinay Kohli MD,MBA Chief Medical Officer & Vice-Chancellor | Oct 29, 2020 | Informative, What’s Happening at MCI
Antibodies are proteins the body produces when an infection occurs. They attach to a virus and help eliminate it. Antibodies can be monoclonal or polyclonal. A monoclonal antibody is an antibody produced by cloning a particular white blood cell. It is derived from a...
by Dr.Vinay Kohli MD,MBA Chief Medical Officer & Vice-Chancellor | Oct 27, 2020 | What’s Happening at MCI
MCI Diagnostics Center has become an official resource on The Oklahoma Film and Music Organization’s directory. As the list is dominated by Health Departments in the state, MCI provides inclusivity to this platform as the only independently owned laboratory.Just...