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Japan's Nippon Foundation helps in tackling Hansen's disease in India
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 10 (ANI): The Japan-based Nippon Foundation has regularly helped India in tackling the Hansen's disease, also known as leprosy that can damage the nervous system and result in crippling of hands and feet, paralysis, as well as blindness if left untreated.
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PGIMER, AIIMS to study effectiveness of Mycobacterium w in COVID-19 patien
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 26 (ANI): Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh and AIIMS Delhi and Bhopal will study the effectiveness of Mycobacterium w in critical COVID-19 patients.
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No short-term adverse impact of Mw on COVID-19 patients, says PGIMER
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], April 26 (ANI): The city-based Post- Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Sunday said that it has assessed the safety of mycobacterial w (Mw), an immunomodulator for leprosy, in four hospitalised patients of COVID-19, and has found no short-ter
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CSIR testing anti-leprosy vaccine Mw for COVID-19, says DG Shekhar Mande
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (SCIR) Director-General Dr Shekhar C Mande on Sunday said that the institute is currently testing Mycobacterium w (Mw), which is a vaccine for leprosy, to treat COVID-19.
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President Kovind confers International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr NS
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday presented the International Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to Dr N S Dharmashaktu under the Indian nomination (individual) category and the Leprosy Mission Trust under the institutional category.
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Harsh Vardhan seeks amendment in discriminatory laws against persons affec
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has written to Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot, seeking amendment of the "existing discriminatory laws against persons affected
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Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat dies at 84
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): Noted social worker and Padma Shri awardee Damodar Ganesh Bapat passed away at a hospital here on Friday night. He was 84.
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TB bacteria use carbon monoxide to survive in human tissue
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], August 3 (ANI): Mycobacteria, a bacterial group that causes killer diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), leprosy, and Buruli ulcer depend on carbon monoxide to survive when other nutrients are not available, suggests a new study.
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Photography exhibition in Srinagar receives overwhelming response from you
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 30 (ANI): In an initiative to raise fund for Leprosy Hospital, an acclaimed photographer, Mukhtar Ahmed along with Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages (JKAACL), Department of Tourism organised a photo exhibition here on Sunday.
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Google Doodle honours Baba Amte on 104th birthday
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 26 (ANI): Google Doodle on Wednesday paid tribute to social worker and activist Murlidhar Devidas Amte, affectionately known as Baba Amte (Father Amte) on his 104th birthday anniversary.
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Bermuda grass, an ancient cure for ailments
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Haridwar (Uttarakhand) [India], Feb.18 (ANI): Ailments like piles, skin disease, problems related to the eyes, uterus, leprosy, bleedings and gynaecological problems can be cured through the allopathic route, but did you know that something as natural and simple as Bermuda grass offers equal
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Leprosy: Types, Diagnosis, Treatment
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 10 (ANI): There around four million patients of leprosy world-wide with 750,000 new cases being detected every year. Of these cases, 70% are from India.
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