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Chinese scientists develop cure for diabetes, insulin patient becomes medicine-free in just 3 months
Chinese scientists achieve diabetes cure through innovative cell therapy, detailed in Cell Discovery. Patient, treated in July 2021, no longer requires insulin after eleven weeks, and is now medication-free for 33 months. The breakthrough, praised by Timothy Kieffer, signifies a major advancement in diabetes treatment. This novel approach utilizes the body's regenerative abilities and could alleviate China's healthcare burden. Further studies are needed for validation.
Med in India, keep it real, keep it safe
Akums' introduction of a cost-effective hydroxyurea oral solution for sickle cell disease, offered to GoI, has the potential to transform treatment globally. This innovation, coupled with advancements in drug production quality, bolsters India's pharmaceutical standing and medical diplomacy efforts.
Kate Middleton undergoes preventive chemotherapy: What is it and when was she diagnosed with cancer?
Kate Middleton’s disclosure that she had begun an early stage of preventive chemotherapy stirred public curiosity, leading to a deeper analysis of her illness timeline and the purpose of preventive chemotherapy.
Advancing stem cell therapy: The regulatory process to get to clinical trials
Advancements in new drug and stem cell therapy can transform the treatment of many diseases, but development is complicated, takes years and is expensive. Here is how one can get the necessary approvals from regulators to start clinical trials.
From frigid cells to mystery injections, prison imperiled Alexei Navalny's health
But behind the brave face, the reality was plain to see. Since his incarceration in early 2021, Navalny, Russia's most formidable opposition figure, and his staff regularly suggested his conditions were so grim that he was being put to death in slow motion.
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Can’t stop sweating during the night? Blame the hormones!
Many conditions and factors can trigger night sweats by changing the body's tightly regulated temperature set point, at which the body attempts to maintain its core temperature.
Scientists find new treatment for cancer: All about the new approach to combat brain cancer cells with nanoparticles
Doctors have found a new cancer treatment bringing hope to millions by utilizing electrically charged nanoparticles to target and combat aggressive brain cancer cells. Know more about the treatment here.
HIV treatment: Can cancer medicine cure HIV patients? Here's what researchers, doctors have found
Scientists at a Melbourne research institute in Australia have found that a medicine used to treat blood cancer can kill HIV cells. Know in detail.
Blood-clotting proteins can predict Covid-induce cognitive problems
The blood proteins, identified as fibrinogen and d-dimer, were highly correlated with post-acute COVID-19 cognitive deficits, the study from the University of Oxford, UK, found.
New study uncovers Chikungunya virus' unique 'invisibility shield' that can help in developing effective vaccines
Chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne disease, can spread directly from cell to cell, scientists have discovered. They found the virus can hijack the proteins that support cells and maintain their shape, causing the infected cell to reach out, make contact with and infect its neighbours. Symptoms can persist for months or years.
Multi institutional team led by IIT Guwahati produces pluripotent stem cells from skin cells
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) and Christian Medical College Vellore have developed a safe method to create pluripotent stem cells from regular human skin cells. The conversion of mature cells into iPSCs was first shown by Prof. Shinya Yamanaka, who won the Nobel Prize in 2012 for his discovery.
Can stem cells cure disease? Here are some answers
Stem cell therapies are currently at a very preliminary stage of development, and only a few treatments have been approved by regulatory bodies worldwide. Despite warnings from scientists, the media and regulators that these treatments are untested and potentially dangerous, desperate people are forking out money to essentially be guinea pigs for these unproven treatments.
The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine
Researchers predict that the next big advance in cancer treatment will be the development of vaccines to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Unlike traditional vaccines that prevent disease, these vaccines boost the immune system to find and kill cancer cells.
AI tools help scientists devise 'simpler' tests
The team is innovating on a system known as a one-pot reaction because the entire test happens in one small test tube. These tests, based on a technology known as RT-LAMP, can amplify small portions of a virus's genome and produce a visible signal when it detects the virus.
Mothers with PCOS 3 times more likely to have obese sons : Study
The new research claims that PCOS related health problems can be passed from one generation to other.
The king of alternative medicine: King Charles III's love for homeopathy, ayurveda and yoga
In 2018, King Charles III had hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Science Museum in London to launch a new Ayurvedic Centre of Excellence, aimed at creating a first-of-its-kind global network for evidence-based research on Yoga and Ayurveda. Queen Camilla is believed to be a Yoga enthusiast.
7 reasons to prioritise oral hygiene this year
When harmful bacteria builds up in your mouth, that can lead to a lot of health scares over time.
IIT Guwahati researchers produce cardiac proteins to fix a damaged heart
The heart cells created using this toolbox can have the same function as the original heart cells and can be used to regenerate damaged heart tissues. Importantly, this toolbox can facilitate the generation of autologous heart cells in a lab.
World Cancer day: Early diagnosis is crucial for improving chances of survival
More than 70 per cent of cancer cases are diagnosed at advanced stages in India.
Nutrition experts debunk 10 commonplace health myths
Take all health fads at face value, cautions nutritionists.
Study finds how long Covid causes smell loss for months, even years
The reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells, a team of scientists from Duke University, US, report.
Discovery suggests new way to target mantle cell lymphoma
The discovery in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could lead to new mantle cell lymphoma drugs as well as a better understanding of how this type of lymphoma develops.
Zombie cells central to the quest for active, vital old age
About 100 companies, plus academic teams, are exploring drugs to target senescent cells. And research offers tantalizing clues that people may be able to help tame senescence themselves using the strategy favored by Soller: exercise.
New research hints at 4 factors that may increase chances of long COVID
Now, a team of researchers who followed more than 200 patients for two to three months after their COVID diagnoses report that they have identified biological factors that might help predict if a person will develop long COVID.
We can expect more COVID drugs next year. But we've wasted so much time getting here
It's inevitable some existing drugs trialled initially for COVID-19 would fall by the wayside and never be used clinically. But we backed some of the wrong drugs, at the wrong doses. According to basic research and clinical knowledge of how drugs work in the body, this should have been obvious from the start.
40 years since the first reported case of AIDS, where's the HIV vaccine?
More people now have access to antiretroviral therapy, which keeps down the amount of virus in their body.
'Can treat tumors that you cannot see'. Radiation drugs hunt & kill cancer cells, says new study
The drug in this case is a molecule that contains two parts: a tracker and a cancer-killing payload.
Immune system may never forget mild Covid even months after recovery: Study
However, it is not clear yet whether the same results would be seen in survivors of moderate to severe Covid-19.
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