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Life, after death
Deccan Chronicle Organ donation is uncommon in India, so when celebs back a cause or come out in public to support a cause, it creates a strong impression. M’town is an epitome of philanthropy. Organ donation comes as another feather in their cap. Along with Mohanlal … |
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Revealed: Scientists ‘edit’ DNA to correct adult genes and cure diseases
Times of India Scientists have used the genome-editing technology to cure adult laboratory mice of an inherited liver disease by correcting a single “letter” of the genetic alphabet which had been mutated in a vital gene involved in liver metabolism. A similar … New technique could cure diseases by editing your DNAIndia.Com Health |
India.Com Health8 jaundice symptoms you need to watch out forIndia.Com HealthThis discolouration takes place due to high levels of bilirubin, a pigment that is produced by destruction of red blood cells (RBCs) in the liver. So, any disease that affects…
Bioscience TechnologyGinseng can help treat and prevent influenza and respiratory virusZee NewsWashington: A new study has found that ginseng can help treat and prevent influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a respiratory virus that infects t…
Global hospital creates record with 300 successful liver transplant surgeries …pharmabiz.com… surgeries are conducted. For India to reach that stage the cadaver donation rate should at least reach 3 per cent so that it will facilitate doctors to pe…
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Birds may help us fight heart attacks, strokes
Times of India LONDON: A new study into how the world’s highest flying bird, bar-headed geese, is able to survive at extreme altitudes may have future implications for low-oxygen medical conditions in humans. An international team of scientists recently tracked bar … |
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ITC sustainability award for India’s million smoking deaths
WhyQuit (press release) What ITC website visitors are not told is that smoking nicotine is highly addictive, that 80-90 percent of all lung cancers are attributable to smoking, or that 40-50 percent of ITC’s nicotine addicts smoke themselves to death, with up to one-quarter … |
Economic TimesVolunteers put off by camera consent for clinical trialsEconomic TimesIn case of sensitive ailments, for instance, breast cancer, cervical cancer or even lung cancer, we have seen 30-40 per cent of patients, who are otherwise ready to enr…
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Don’t link phones with disease, says cancer ‘biographer’
Times of India On the other hand, data shows increased use of tobacco-a scientifically proven carcinogen-has led to a sharp increase in the incidence of cancers of mouth and lung, among others,” he said. In 2011, WHO … After an inter-ministerial committee appointed … |
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Politics over posts
Chandigarh Tribune The coup de grace came with Rahul Gandhi’s contemptuous stab in the back while the PM was representing India at the UN and US. He described a proposed and, indeed, utterly foolish, government ordinance (on not unseating legislators … the varsity dada … |