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Apart from Delta, Delta Plus too should be treated as variant of concern:
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New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Although there is no data as of now which shows that the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 is spreading faster than Delta but the former should also be treated as a "variant of concern", said Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar, former Head Scientist of Epidemiology and Co
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MGM Healthcare Chennai successfully performs India's first liver transplan
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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 26 (ANI/BusinessWire India): MGM Healthcare, a multi-specialty quaternary care hospital in the heart of Chennai, today announced that it had successfully conducted a Cadaveric Liver Transplantation on a patient with end-stage liver disease using an innovati
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Scientists need to rethink which genes linked to ageing process: Study
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Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health fed antibiotics to fruit flies to better understand the role of bacteria in health and disease. They monitored the lifetime activity of hundreds of genes that scientists have traditionally thought control ageing
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Immune cells are kept in line by hard-working enzyme
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Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) shed light on a process in immune cells that may explain why some people develop cardiovascular diseases.
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Study uses AI to predict unknown links between viruses, mammals
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Liverpool [UK], June 25 (ANI): The findings of a new University of Liverpool study could help scientists mitigate the future spread of zoonotic and livestock diseases caused by existing viruses.
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Study suggests scientists may need to rethink which genes control ageing
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Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): To better understand the role of bacteria in health and disease, researchers from the National Institutes of Health fed fruit flies antibiotics and monitored the lifetime activity of hundreds of genes that scientists have traditionally thought control ageing.
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Researchers find health benefits of Connecticut-grown sugar kelp
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Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Connecticut have reported significant findings supporting the nutritional benefits of Connecticut-grown sugar kelp. They found brown sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) inhibits hepatic inflammation and fibrosis in a mouse model
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Abnormal response to cellular stress associated with Huntington's disease
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Washington [US] June 24 (ANI): During a new University of California, Irvine-led study, researchers found that the persistence of a marker of chronic cellular stress, previously associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia
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Food protein can eliminate pungency, bitterness of extra virgin olive oil
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Washington [US], June 24 (ANI): Researchers at Monell Chemical Senses Center have been investigating the potential health-promoting qualities of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) for decades, including its possible medicinal value for preventing cancer, Alzheimer's, and cardiovascular disease, a
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US warns Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine recipients to watch for enlarged
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Washington [US], June 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government continues to recommend coronavirus vaccinations for everyone 12 years of age and older, albeit with a new warning to watch for symptoms of an enlarged heart reported by a fraction of people receiving the Pfizer or Moderna inoculation,
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Rare genetic defect can cause serious metabolic diseases in human
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Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): A rare genetic defect that affects the so-called ALG2 gene can cause serious metabolic diseases in humans, said experts, adding that it does so through the defective formation of proteins and sugar molecules. Till now, its rareness and complexity made it diffi
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India likely to have COVID vaccine for children above 2 years by September
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New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Noting that children usually have a mild disease but there is a need to develop COVID-19 vaccines for them, AIIMS Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria has said Bharat Biotech and other companies are doing trials at a very fast pace and hoped that data will l
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