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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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Textbooks not keeping pace of increasing climate impacts: Research
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For example, the study found that most textbooks published in the 2010s included less information about climate change than they did in the
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Timely diagnosis and treatment can help slow down the progression of COPD
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 27 (ANI/Mediawire): Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, also known as COPD, is a progressive lung disease that compromises the lung's ability to function, thus making it harder for a person to breathe and hampering their health and productivity. The conditio
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Uttarakhand CM launches SBI Foundation and HESCO's Project Helping Chamoli
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Uttarakhand, an ecologically fragile and disaster-prone state, has been experiencing climate change impacts such as changing seasons, less snowfall, flash floods, and unpredictable rainfall over the last few years. Large-scale anthro
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China's ambitious projects, grave threat to environment, economy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
China's ambitious project, Belt and Road initiative, started in 2013, has started with the aim of making better use of Chinese excess industrial capacity and capital but in reality, it is impacting biodiversity spots, endangering several threatened species, and even causing droughts.
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Need for technological awareness among indigenous people in Northeast bord
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Further integration of the indigenous people in Northeast borderlands online without adequate knowledge of the various impacts technology could have on them is incomprehensible, writes Suanmuanlian Tonsing, an author, in a report for Border Lens, an Assam based publication.
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Pakistan's most crucial challenges include impacts of climate change: Repo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The most crucial challenges for Pakistan include the impacts of climate change -- floods, heat waves, drought, crop losses and diseases -- whose frequency has increased rapidly over the past couple of decades.
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International Tea Day: Have a headache? Try these soothing herbal teas to
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
In tea-producing countries such as India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Uganda, and Tanzania, December 15 is celebrated as International Tea Day. Since 2005, several nations have commemorated the special day. International Tea Day aims to raise
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Research finds how antibody therapy impacts COVID vaccines
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Nearly three years into the pandemic, many of us now carry antibodies against the virus--due to an infection or two, a few doses of mRNA vaccine, or a round of monoclonal-antibody treatment. But not all immune responses are created equal, and how we first developed our antibodies may influen
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India remains more resilient than other emerging market economies: World B
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For other EMEs, the World Bank in the report said impacts from the US, euro area, and China are at least 1.5 times larger than for India. It added India's relative resilience comes from its solid economic fundamentals, significant foreign exchange reserves, available policy space and prudent
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Early life events can have long-term effect on genes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a new study in fruit flies headed by UCL researchers, early life experiences can influence gene activity and even longevity.
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The Good Food Institute India (GFI India) launches the Delhi Smart Protein
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 30 (ANI/Hunk Golden and Media): The central expert organization, thought leader, and convening body in the Indian 'alternative protein' or 'smart protein' sector, The Good Food Institute India (GFI India) launches India's first student-led body championing alt pro
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