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Zuvius Lifesciences, Revolutionising Health with Affordable and Unique Oncology Solutions

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Imagine a world free of cancer, a place where everyone is healthy and happy. Imagine a world filled with a golden glow of wellness. Striving to create a perfect world such as this is Zuvius Lifesciences

Zuvius Lifescience Pvt. Ltd. is a research-based Pharmaceutical Company manufacturing chemotherapeutic formulations of international quality standards, offering a diverse array of innovative solutions and therapies.

With a vast portfolio of more than 130+ oncology products, Zuvius the leading company in oncological products provides support and solution to patients battling cancer. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, Zuvius was initiated as an initiative to comfort cancer patients through quality treatment. The team of professionals at Zuvius have directed their efforts to develop simple and precise early diagnosis methods for cancer and to make quality treatments available and accessible to patients across the world.

Since inception, the brand has always strived to retain its tag of being an innovative company. Under the leadership of the founding team of Zuvius, Nimish Thakkar, Alka Chavan, Shailesh Shetty and Dr Ulhas Ganu, Zuvius has overcome several hurdles in this journey to becoming a leading developer of high-quality super speciality chemotherapeutic products.

Saliva – A Very Important Secretion

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Saliva is an important secretion from the body, whose presence and the role in multiplicity of functions is rarely appreciated in normal circumstances but more felt so in absentia.

Patients may present with a range of signs and symptoms, the severity of which depending upon the causative factors.

The functions of saliva include:

  • Lubricating the oral tissue thereby assisting in the swallowing process and speech.
  • Assisting the special sense of taste, by acting as a solvent for ions (from food, drinks etc.), and through proteins such as gustin.
  • Maintaining the health of the oral mucosa, through growth factors which promote wound healing, and cystatins, (which inhibit destructive enzymes such as cysteine & proteases).
  • Assisting in digestion, through amylase and lipase (the process beginning from the oral cavity itself).
  • Dilution and clearing of material from the oral cavity.
  • Buffering acids from dental plaque and from consumed foods and drinks, and preventing erosion caused by episodes of prolonged exposure to weak acids (e.g. Wines and black cola soft drinks) or short-term exposure to strong acids (e.g. Reflux and Vomiting).
  • Salivary stimulation elicited reflexively by taste and mastication leads to an increase in the pH and buffering capacity (due primarily to elevated levels of bicarbonate), as well as super-saturation of saliva with calcium and phosphate.
  • Serving as a reservoir for ions (Calcium, Phosphorus, and Fluoride) for re-mineralization.
  • Controlling the oral micro-flora, through immunological (IgA), enzymatic, peptide and chemical mediators.

While deficits in the production of saliva at rest can easily pass unnoticed, reduction in saliva production during eating is much more apparent in terms of symptoms, and generally comes early to the notice of the patients.

The correlation of stimulated salivary flow and the prevention of dental caries and the dental erosion have been explained by improved clearance of substrate due to more rapid movement of the salivary film, while the prevention of dental caries, has been linked to the greater activity of salivary antimicrobial mechanisms.

  • Edgar WM, Higham SM, Manning RH. Saliva stimulation and caries prevention. Adv Dent Res 8(2): 239-45, 1994.
  • Brostek AM, Bochenek AJ, Walsh LJ. Minimally invasivedentistry: A review and update. Shanghai J Stomatol 2006;15(3):225-249.
  • Laurence J. Walsh, School of Dentistry, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Salute to the True Fighters

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An initiative by Zuvius Life Sciences in association with YouWeCan (Yuvraj Singh’s Cancer Foundation) bringing the stories of brave hearts and fighters who fought cancer and survived. A little message to the ones fighting cancer that you are not alone in this fight. Early detection is the key to beating cancer. Let us all share the stories of these brave hearts.