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Circumventing renal toxicity associated with cisplatin treatment: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Cisplatin is commonly used as a chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of many solid tumours, including bladder, ovarian, and esophageal tumours. However, when it is metabolised by an enzyme called "cysteine conjugate beta-lyase 1 (CCBL1)," it is transformed to "thiol-cisplatin," a highly ac
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Study reveals how B cells promote liver cancer with dangerous dual strateg
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Autoaggressive T cells cause inflammatory fatty liver disease (NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) and the ensuing liver cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) have finally discovered the cause of this harmful behaviour. They discovered an increase in the number of
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WHO lauds Sri Lanka's efforts on trans fat to prevent premature deaths fro
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The World Health Organization on Tuesday lauded Sri Lanka for enacting legislation on trans-fat to protect health and prevent premature deaths from coronary heart disease.
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Data from wearables might be a boon to mental health diagnosis: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Depression and anxiety are two of the most common mental health illnesses in the United States, although more than half of those affected are neither identified nor treated. Mental health doctors are investigating the role of popular wearable fitness monitors in delivering data that could wa
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Study reveals how high-sugar diets can worsen inflammatory bowel disease
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh, excess sugar inhibits cells that regenerate the colon's lining in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
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Dirty air associated with premature death in patients with heart failure:
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a study, patients with heart failure are at a higher risk of dying from their disease on polluted days and for up to two days thereafter.
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Study sheds more light into long-term benefits of family-based care
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The most consistent and complete evidence to date that children exposed to early psychosocial deprivation benefit significantly from family-based treatment is shown in a new study.
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SKAN Research Trust and Quadram Institute Bioscience to collaborate in Gut
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK]/ Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): SKAN Research Trust, promoted by Indian entrepreneur Ashok Soota and UK-based Quadram Institute Bioscience have entered into a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement to collaborate on research programmes focused on gut health
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Study that links mucus plugs to COPD mortality could save lives
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
According to a retrospective examination of COPDGene patient data, targeting mucus plugs might help avoid deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the fourth highest cause of mortality in the United States.
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West Bengal: Govt in action after lumpy skin disease reported in livestock
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
As per the verifications from the field, there are no deaths of cattle due to LSD in Darjeeling and Kalimpong.
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Dementia study suggests how harmful proteins spread through brain
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A recent study suggests that fresh insights into the spread of toxic proteins that collect in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients may hold the key to slowing the disease's progression.
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Blood samples may predict kidney disease in type 2 diabetes patients: Stud
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A conceptual framework has been created by researchers to predict if a person with type 2 diabetes may develop renal damage.
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