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India is my ‘own country’, says Pakistani girl after surgery
NitiCentral A Pakistani teenager, who underwent a successful liver transplant surgery at a hospital in New Delhi, expressed her gratitude towards India, which she said felt like her ‘own country’. Madiha Tariq Sheikh, who hails from Lahore, was flown to India on … |
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GRAS? Smoke It, Don’t Eat It
Huffington Post Oxygen causes retinopathy; water causes seizures; iron causes liver damage; vitamin D causes calcification of the heart and kidneys. Nature, however, imposes limits on …. Sugar was known in India as early as 1200 BCE. However, it was only for kings … |
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Cell therapy may regenerate liver cells
Times of India “The discovery of the novel progenitor represents a fundamental advance in this field and potentially to the liver regeneration field using cell therapy,” said the study’s senior author, Valerie Gouon-Evans, PharmD, Ph.D., assistant professor in the … |
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New method for growing liver cells
DigitalJournal.com One of the lead researchers is quoted by the Times of India as saying: “We have showed that human liver cells could be used to build engineered liver tissue and that this liver tissue could function once implanted in the body. So far, we are able to do … |
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We’ll go for differential pricing in India: Cadila’s Patel
Livemint Mumbai: Cadila Healthcare Ltd, which has been working on several new drugs under its dedicated discovery arm, announced its first discovery molecule saroglitazar, a first-of-its-kind medicine to treat dyslipidemia, a crucial condition not addressed in … Zydus’ new drug can control diabetes, cholesterolHindu Business Line Zydus pioneers breakthrough with Lipaglyn to treat diabetic dyslipidemiapharmabiz.com DCGI Approves Launch Of Zydus First NCE ‘Lipaglyn’RTT News |
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UV rays turning you old
Times of India This makes the melanocytes enlarge and cluster together into the visible ‘liver spots’ or ‘age spots’ that often appear first on the backs of hands and the decolletage. Premature aging of the skin encompasses a number of clinical signs that reflect … |
Siliconindia.comIndian American Makes Breakthrough in Treatment of Liver DiseaseSiliconindia.comLiver is one such organ in the human body which regenerates on its own, when a certain portion is removed. But, there were many obstacles in producing artif…
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Tatra case: Court allows Ravi Rishi to go to UK for treatment
Daily News & Analysis Rishi had moved the court for its permission to travel to the UK for four weeks saying he had earlier travelled abroad from April 21 this year for medical tests and had returned to India on May 18 after the Delhi High Court’s order. … He had said … |
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Next epidemic? Outbreak of drug-resistant bugs
Times of India For example, some doctors, in extreme cases, are again using Colistin, an older antibiotic that was largely abandoned years ago because of the damage it can cause the liver. “A drug like Colistin would not be developed today because it is too toxic … |
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Three tigers found dead in a week in India
Herald Sun India is home to more than half of the world’s estimated 3200 tigers, with most of them living in wildlife reserves. Shrinking habitats due to the growth of urban areas in India and increasing deforestation have brought the cats into conflict with … |