Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
The thermometer reading of 98.6°F has been a gold standard for a century and a half, ever since a German doctor laid it down as the “normal” human body temperature. If you suspect you have a fever, a reading of 98.6 tells you that you are not. Over the last …
South Africa is one of the countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, 322,000 TB cases reported in South Africa in 2017. The highest TB incidence rates reported in Western Cape province in South Africa and reported rate was 938 per …
Epilepsy in children is the mostfrequent, heterogeneous and difcultto classify chronic neurologic condition with the etiology found in 35–40% of patients.Our aim is to detectthe metabolic diferences between the epileptic children and the children with no neurological abnormalities in orderto defne the metabolic background fortherapy monitoring.The studied group included 28 …
Obesity is now considered an epidemic problem worldwide. To develop effective interventions against obesity, we need to understand precisely the regulatory mechanism of adipogenesis, a process of forming adipocytes from fibroblast cells. In this study, the researchers revealed that the Arid5a protein regulates the adipogenesis and the development of obesity …
Recent news that random bad luck plays a big role in cancer has been misinterpreted as bad news, when it’s actually very useful in helping humanity understand what cancer is and what can be done to prevent it. New experiments attempt to quantify findings from 2015 and 2017 that showed …
Scientists have developed a 'virtual biopsy' device that can quickly and non-invasively determine whether a skin tumour is cancerous and needs to be removed surgically. Using sound vibrations and pulses of near-infrared light, the device can determine a skin lesion's depth and potential malignancy without using a scalpel, according to …
Return to frontpage < ePaper Just In Return to frontpage JNCASR finds key protein conferring radiation sensitivity in cancer cells Share On 0 Sci-Tech Science Science JNCASR finds key protein conferring radiation sensitivity in cancer cells R. Prasad June 15, 2019 16:28 IST Updated: June 15, 2019 16:30 IST Share …
Only 50% of adults in the age group 15-49 years are aware that they ail from the disease Only half the Indian adults in the most productive age group (15-49 years) are aware that they ail from diabetes, and only one-fourth of those diagnosed and treated have their blood sugar …
Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) generation at the plasma membrane is a key event during activation of receptor tyrosine kinases such as the insulin receptor required for normal growth and metabolism. The researchers report that in Drosophila, phosphatidylinositol 5 phosphate 4-kinase (PIP4K) is required to limit PIP3 levels during insulin receptor activation. …
Indian researchers have synthesized a new aromatic molecule that promises to help repel and kill adult female of Aedes aegypti mosquito which isscarrier of several disease-causing viruses. Mosquito bites that result in diseases such as malaria and dengue are a major concern in tropical countries where the temperature allows their …
Chemotherapy is one of the most widely used treatments for cancer. It involves single or combination of drugs that prevent cancer cells from dividing and growing. Most cancer patients who have to undergo chemotherapy treatment worry about the associated adverse side effects caused to healthy cells. Scientists have been working …
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to help radiologists improve their ability to diagnose prostate cancer. The system, called FocalNet, helps identify and predict the aggressiveness of the disease evaluating magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, scans. It does so with nearly the same level of accuracy as …
About one third of new cases are caused by a new mutation of the gene in the mother or the child. In these cases, there is no previous history of hemophilia in the family. Despite improvement in the medical technologies for the treatment of hemophilia, health experts believe that nearly …
A single blood pressure reading may result in faulty diagnosis of high blood pressure and unnecessary prescription of medication. Instead, three readings during a single visit may help in correct diagnosis of hypertension as well as low blood pressure, a new study has suggested. This is because blood pressure varies …
Order of the Delhi High Court in the matter of Aditya Bhatia Vs Union of India & Others dated 15/04/2019 regarding permission to avail “Human Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy” being provided to the petitoner (Aditya Bhatia) by Nutech Mediworld. The petitioner states that he is suffering from Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy …
Scientists in Australia have discovered a new way to predict outbreaks of hay fever and asthma in the population. The University of Queensland-led (UQ) study published on Tuesday, found that grass pollen exposure varied substantially across the allergy season because in areas further from the equator, seasonal variations were released …
But the residues have also added to the problem in food change. Hyderabad: Antibiotic resistance in humans and residues in the environment have led researchers to look for alternatives to antibiotics and they have found that vaccination, pre and probiotics and herbal feed additives will help to maintain a low …
The new Clinical Trial Rules, the ISCR said, has reduced the time for approving applications to 30 days for drugs discovered in India or whose research and development has been done in India and are proposed to be manufactured and marketed in India. For drugs developed outside the country, the …
The Union Health Ministry has notified the Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019, with the government stating that the move is aimed at promoting clinical research in the country. The rules will apply to all new drugs, investigational new drugs for human use, clinical trials, bio-equivalence studies and ethics committees. …
One of the first multicenter randomized trials was the British Medical Research Council (MRC) streptomycin trial. From the first meeting of the special committee to “plan trials of streptomycin in tuberculosis” in September, 1946, the primary trial results from 107 participants followed for 12 months were published in the British …
