Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/02/2025. The Supreme Court (SC), February 24, 2025 has directed all states to file their affidavits addressing concerns raised about antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs …
a virus-like "replicon' that can like the hepatitis C virus (hcv) produce proteins has been created in the laboratory by a team led by Charles Rice at the Washington University in St Louis, us . Till now efforts to determine just how an infection develops and how to combat it …
An edible vaccine for hepatitis B is in the final stages of development. Once ready, it will work just as the existing vaccine that is injected and used widely around the world does. The current hepatitis B vaccine is based on an antigen (a protein) that stimulates the body to …
the discount scheme recently introduced by five leading pharmaceutical companies for aids drugs in developing countries is just a charade, reports the International Herald Tribune . The companies had pledged to bring down the prices of patented aids drugs. But it seems this has not happened except for in some …
Evidence is mounting that regular use of the drug Ecstasy may cause long-term brain changes. A team from the University College London, UK, has completed research that suggests that former ecstasy users may suffer memory impairment
a vaccine for the Ebola virus may be just round the corner. Researchers at the us -based National Institutes of Health have successfully tested a vaccine on animals which might open new avenues for the development of a vaccine for humans. Of the eight macaques monkeys used in the study, …
the past few years have seen an alarming increase in the number of malaria cases. The World Health Organisation ( who ) puts the annual number of cases between 300-500 million, and deaths between 1.5-2.7 million. Controlling the disease has become difficult due to insecticide resistance in the mosquito and …
A new study suggests that Cannabidiol, a non-psychoactive chemical in marijuana, can ease arthritis. Researchers from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in London and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found that Cannabidiol suppresses part of the immune response of mice with collagen-induced arthritis. This reduces the inflammation and joint damage …
South Africa and Namibia have rejected an offer of the us to provide financial assistance for purchasing anti- aids drugs. A total of us $1 billion was offered by the us Export-Import Bank to 24 sub-Saharan countries in annual loans. Bank officials said that till now none of the countries …
at least 22 people have died in eastern Uttar Pradesh ( up ) in the past two months because of Japanese encephalitis, which is commonly known as brain fever. A mosquito borne, viral disease, it is prevalent in water logged areas of the state having poor sanitation. Despite the disease …
A TEAM of American scientist have decoded the genetic sequence of the bacterium, Vibrio cholerae. The sequence of El Tor, a destructive type of cholera bacterium, was deciphered by John Hedelberg of the Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Maryland, Rita Colwell of University of Maryland in Baltimore and John …
the high cost of drugs to fight hiv/aids in developing countries was a recurring theme at the 13th International aids conference held in Durban, South Africa, in the second week of July. The official opening ceremony was preceded by a protest march of several thousand people organised by the Treatment …
the little blue pill that restored the sex lives to millions of men may do the same for some women. Two new studies that Viagra may also help boost female sexual response, was reported at the annual meeting of the American Urological Association held in Atlanta, usa, recently. Researchers are …
A method was developed and validated for determination and quantitation of tilmicosin residues in swine, cattle, and sheep edible tissues, as well as chicken fat, skin, and muscle over a concentration range of 0.025 microg/g-20 microg/g. For chicken kidney and liver, the method was validated over a range of 0.060 …
with a confused leadership providing no able direction, frustration and alarm is growing at the rampant spread of aids throughout South Africa. And the announcement by five of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies offering to slash prices of hiv drugs in developing countries has done little to mitigate the suffering. …
A new cheap, oral aids vaccine in presently being developed at the University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology in the us. According to Dr Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the virus and head of the institute, the drug is expected to undergo human tests in Uganda in as little as …
aids has long been considered primarily a men's disease. But late last year, the United Nations reported for the first time that more women than men were infected with the aids virus in Africa, the site of the vast majority of such infections in the world. Of the 22.3 million …
TWO-THIRDS of people with diabetes have some form of heart or blood vessel disease. Such diabetics also tend to experience re-blockage of heart arteries following balloon angioplasty more often than patients who don't have diabetes do. Heart patients with diabetes are also more likely to have a heart attack within …
According to researchers at Cardiff University, UK, cod liver oil can ease pain of arthritis by mimicking the effects of aspirin. The fish oil is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. These inhibit a key inflammatory enzyme called cox-2, which is thought to cause much of the swelling and pain in …
What is the function of the smallest synthetic polymer particle that you have developed? The smallest synthetic polymer particle can bring about a breakthrough in the way drugs are administered. It can specially be very useful in cancer treatment. The particle couriers drugs to the right place in the body. …
