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27 pc of Afghan citizens regularly use tobacco: Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
As per the Taliban Ministry, more than forty-five per cent of deaths in Afghanistan are caused by non-infectious diseases.
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"Just can't believe this news...": SS Rajamouli on 'RRR' actor Ray Steven
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Mourning Ray's death, Rajamouli took to Twitter and wrote, "Shocking... Just can't believe this news. Ray brought in so much energy and vibrancy with him to the sets. It was infectious. Working with him was pure joy. My prayers are with his family. May his soul rest in peace."
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Research: Clinical trials of mRNA global influenza vaccine candidate begin
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Centre (VRC), which is part of the National Institutes of Health, has begun at Duke University in Durham, North Carol
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Researchers discover gene silencing DNA enzyme that target single molecule
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A DNA enzyme, or DNAzyme, has been created by researchers at the University of California, Irvine that can identify between two RNA strands inside a cell and cut the one linked to the sickness while leaving the healthy strand unharmed. This ground-breaking "gene silencing" method may fundame
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Researchers discover antivirals that helps fight emerging infectious disea
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study has discovered possible broad-spectrum antiviral drugs capable of targeting numerous families of RNA viruses, which continue to pose a serious threat to future pandemics. The UCLA Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology study, led by Gustavo Garcia Jr., tested a libra
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Metropolis Healthcare Limited launches the 'NextGen HLA' High Resolution T
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 17 (ANI/SRV): Metropolis Healthcare Limited, India's leading diagnostic service provider announces the launch of the "NextGen HLA" Typing Test. Powered by the complex molecular technology 'Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)'. Metropolis' NextGen HLA Typing i
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Virus lead to cancer, causes chromosomal breakage: Study reveals
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
When people kiss, share drinks, or use the same eating utensils, the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) primarily transmits through saliva. It should therefore come as no surprise that EBV is one of the most widespread viruses, affecting more than 90% of the population of world, primarily during child
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Study finds how virus lead to cancer, causes chromosomal breakage
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The saliva is the main body fluid that the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) spreads through when people kiss, share drinks or use the same dining utensils. So, it should come as no surprise that EBV is one of the most common viruses, infecting more than 90 per cent of the world's population, mostly
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Researchers shed light on early stages of HIV infection in human body
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The body's immune system is under attack by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It may result in autoimmune deficiency syndrome if untreated (AIDS).
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Study finds how single drop of blood can detect HIV, hepatitis B, hepatiti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
At the European Conference of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) this year in Copenhagen, Denmark, data on a test that may detect HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C from a single drop of blood are being presented.
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UAE issues travel advisory against dangerous Marburg virus
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Disease is passed on to people from fruit bats and is from the same virus family responsible for the deadly Ebola. Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania are facing outbreaks of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious and deadly disease similar to Ebola, the World Health Organization (WHO) said earl
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Japan to curb Covid-19 border controls on May 8
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
With an aim to normalise social and economic activities, Japan government will simultaneously start a new genomic surveillance program, under which entrants with symptoms such as fever are tested voluntarily to detect new infectious diseases, as per Kyodo News.
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