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Researchers look to licorice for promising cancer treatments
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A research review into molecular insights of a licorice-derived substance called glycyrrhizin for preventing or treating cancer suggests further research could lead to specific agents for clinical use.
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World leaders need to act against Myanmar junta: UN Special Rapporteur on
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, Andrews said, " The Myanmar junta's 33-year sentence of State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi comes a week after a Security Council resolution demanded her release and that of more than 13,000 other political prisoners. They need more than words of condemnation from world leade
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Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting Minister of Economy issued a letter barring women from working in international and national NGOs, a further violation of women's rights with the double blow of preventing the deli
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Scientific criteria for determining probiotic safety
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
In previous decades, the safety of many probiotics available to consumers was based on a long history of safe consumption in humans. However, the range of probiotics is expanding to include non-traditional probiotic strains that might offer health benefits but are not commonly found in food
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20 million people to face acute hunger by end of March 2023 in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in a report highlighted the economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan for the coming year as about 20 million people are at risk of facing acute hunger by the end of March 2023, TOLO news reported.
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Skin cancer cells use Alzheimer's protein to sabotage brain's immune defen
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amyloid beta, a protein known to build up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds.
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Implantable device provides prolonged treatment of Type 1 diabetes
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A quarter-sized device created at Houston Methodist could drastically alter the course of treatment for Type 1 diabetes, a chronic condition that impacts millions of Americans and does not have a cure.
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Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate arrested in Romania in huma
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Controversial social media star, Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania on Friday along with his brother Tristan Tate over an investigation in human trafficking probe, Sports Bible, a UK-based sports-focused social media publisher reported.
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Unveiling the mysteries of senescent cells and their effect on aging and h
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Multiple researchers at the Jackson Laboratory are taking part in an ambitious research program spanning several top research institutions to study senescent cells. Senescent cells stop dividing in response to stressors and seemingly have a role to play in human health and the aging process.
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Researchers use technology to show organoids respond to external sensory s
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team of engineers and neuroscientists has demonstrated for the first time that human brain organoids implanted in mice have established functional connectivity to the animals' cortex and responded to external sensory stimuli. The implanted organoids reacted to visual stimuli in the same wa
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London-based rights activist raises issue of deprivation of basic rights o
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Human rights activist and chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Shaukat Ali Kashmiri has raised concerns over the deprivation of basic rights of people in Gilgit Baltistan.
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Afghanistan among eight countries worst hit by hunger: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan is among the eight countries worst hit by hunger. The number of people facing severe hunger in Afghanistan increased from 2.25 million people in 2019 to 6.6 million in 2022, Khaama Press reported.
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