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Research: How various cancer cells react to drug-delivery nanoparticles
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Boston [US], July 22 (ANI): Using nanoparticles to deliver cancer drugs allows for high drug concentrations to be delivered to tumours while avoiding the harmful side effects associated with chemotherapy. However, only a few nanoparticle-based cancer drugs have received FDA approval.
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60 essential medicines vanish from Pakistani markets due to spike in produ
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): With the economy shrinking and rising inflation in Pakistan, around 60 essential medicines, including suicide-prevention drugs, have vanished from the market due to the spike in the cost of production, prompting psychiatrists to fear high suicide cases in
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Male and female gut microbiomes respond to antibiotics differently
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [U.S], July 21 (ANI): In a new study, researchers found that antibiotics have sex-specific effects on the gut microbiome makeup of male and female laboratory rats. The findings could have implications for using the drugs in humans to treat or prevent bacterial infection.
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Shortage of medicines, suicide prevention drugs in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): Pakistan's markets are witnessing a shortage of several essential medicines along with several suicide prevention drugs as a result of the recent hike in their production costs.
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RPF recovered narcotics worth Rs 40.58 cr in 3 years, says Railway Ministe
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): In a massive drive against narcotics and drugs, Railway Protection Force (RPF) recovered narcotics worth Rs 40.58 crores and arrested 1,108 persons in three years, said Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday.
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Fans come out in support of Aryan Khan after he receives flak for drinkin
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 20 (ANI): Aryan Khan, the firstborn of Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, often finds himself at the receiving end of trolling especially after his arrest in an alleged drugs case, last year.
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Genetic architecture underlying alcohol and tobacco dependence revealed by
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], July 20 (ANI): Have you ever questioned why some people can smoke cigarettes for a year before quitting simply, but others develop a lifelong addiction? Why are some people unable to stop consuming alcohol while others can do without it? A person's hereditary propensity
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Chinese drug mafia hand-in-glove with Mexican criminals, stoking deadly op
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 19 (ANI): Chinese drug mafias are working in connivance with the Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) to bypass international precursor chemical controls and grow the movement of a wide range of illicit drugs destined for the United States, an annual asse
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Delhi Police arrests aspiring model for supplying drugs to students in nor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Delhi Police arrested an aspiring model and his female friend for allegedly supplying drugs in the Delhi University student circle.
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Study: Bacteria in donor organs complicate immune response after transplan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): Organ transplant recipients take life-long immunosuppressive drugs to prevent their bodies from mounting an immune response against the donated organ, yet a substantial number of them still reject the organs. A new study shows that transplant recipients also m
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Assam: Cough syrup bottles worth Rs 1 crore seized, 2 held
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati [India], July 18 (ANI): The Guwahati city police busted an interstate drugs network and seized a consignment containing 20,000 cough syrup bottles worth over Rs 1 crore from a truck and arrested two persons, said police officials on Monday.
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Migraine drugs might be beneficial for weight loss: Study
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): According to a study conducted on obese mice, a prescribed category of migraine drugs named Tripants is considered to be helpful in treating obesity.
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