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Research reveals glioma drug exploits DNA repair defects to selectively ta
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Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): A new class of glioma medications takes advantage of tumours lacking the DNA repair enzyme MGMT; the medications cause the generation of cytotoxic DNA and kill tumour cells specifically without the risk of developing resistance, according to research.
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Angolan national apprehended at Mumbai airport with Rs 11 crore drug
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 28 (ANI): Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Customs Department and the Bengaluru office of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) apprehended an Angolan national woman at Mumbai international airport and seized drugs worth over Rs 11 crore from her,
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Researchers find new effective therapeutic approaches to treat tuberculosi
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Washington [US], July 28 (ANI): The leading infectious disease around the world, tuberculosis, which affects around 25% of the world's population, is still caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug-resistant strains have made it difficult to treat infections, but professor Helen Zgurskaya
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Hyderabad: Police arrests one drug peddler, seizes over 15 kg ganja
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 26 (ANI): The Hyderabad Police apprehended one drug peddler and seized 15.60 kgs of contraband from him.
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Assam Rifles, Mizoram police seize drugs worth Rs 28.50 lakh, two held
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Champhai (Mizoram) [India], July 26 (ANI): Security forces recovered a huge quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 28.50 lakh and apprehended two drug peddlers in Mizoram's Champhai district.
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Widening BSF jurisdiction helped 'curb dugs smuggling' in Punjab, Pak dron
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New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF), since the widening of its jurisdiction in Punjab, has achieved success in "curbing the smuggling of drugs" on the borders of the state, seizing Pakistani drones containing contraband items, and arms and ammunition, said Minis
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Police kill 6 armed drug traffickers in southern Iran
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Tehran [Iran], July 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iranian police seized 697 kg of illicit drugs and killed six armed smugglers in an operation in the southern province of Kerman, provincial police chief Abdolreza Nazeri said on Tuesday.
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Fuel, drug crisis leaves Sri Lanka hospitals on life support
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Colombo [Sri Lanka], July 26 (ANI): Sri Lanka's hospitals are on the verge of collapse as supplies of surgery equipment and life-saving drugs have been almost exhausted, while extreme fuel shortages have left both patients and doctors unable to travel for treatment, media reports said.
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South Korea's smuggled drugs logs double-digit growth in H1
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Seoul [South Korea], July 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of smuggled drugs, impounded by the South Korean customs agency, logged double-digit growth in the first half of this year due to a surge in drug trafficking through international mail amid the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Tuesday.
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HIV patients protest shortage of life-saving drugs
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New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): A group of HIV patients on Tuesday staged a protest outside the National AIDS Control Organization's (NACO) office here against the shortage of crucial life-saving drugs required to curb the disease.
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Researchers investigate drug used to treat botulism disease
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Washington [US], July 26 (ANI): Botulism is a rare but deadly disease, and researchers at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) are looking into a drug that is used to treat neuromuscular weakness as a potential treatment.
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NACO initiates discussions after protests against shortage of antiretrovir
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New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): National Aids Control Organization (NACO) have initiated the round of discussions after a group of HIV patients have protested outside the the office in Delhi over a shortage of antiretroviral drugs for a few months, sources told to ANI.
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