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Researchers discover immune reservoir to treat Alzheimer's disease
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers suggested cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that circulates inside of and around your brain and spinal cord, your three-pound brain doesn't feel particularly heavy. This fluid-filled space between your brain and skull shields it from a blow to the head and saturates it with nutrition.
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Study finds common mechanism tumours use to suppress immune responses
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has revealed a single protein expressed at high levels by cancer cells across a broad range of malignancies that erects a multifaceted barrier to anti-cancer immune responses in mouse models of cancer and so shields tumours from immune detection and destruction
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Study reveals why brain cells are needed for fever
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The body's response to infection or inflammation is fever, which also serves as a defence mechanism against things like viruses and bacteria. The body releases molecules called cytokines into the bloodstream when it is infected or inflammatory. The blood-brain barrier, a system of microscopi
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Brooke Shields breaks down as daughter Rowan leaves for college, shares em
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): Actor Brooke Shields' daughter Rowan recently went for her sophomore year of college, and the mother of two discovered that it wasn't any simpler this time around.
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Putin alleges Ukrainian 'neo-Nazi' units preventing foreigners from leavin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], March 4 (ANI): Amid heavy fighting with Ukrainian forces, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that nationalist "neo-Nazis" units of Ukraine are preventing foreigners, including Indians from leaving the war zone and are using them as human shields.
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Using citizens as human shields commonly used in Russian disinformation: U
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 3 (ANI): After Russia claimed that Ukraine is using Indian students as human shields, the US Department of State on Wednesday (local time) said that they have not seen any verified report of such incidents and these activities are commonly used in Russian disinforma
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Serious blunders in JJ Act amendment, says Priyanka Chaturvedi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi has written to Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani against the recent amendment to the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, classifying serious offences against children as no
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COVID appropriate behaviour, vaccination main shields against all mutation
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Noting that there has been a sudden rise in COVID-19 cases across India, a health expert has advised people to follow COVID appropriate behaviour and get vaccinated saying that precaution is the only important thing to protect ourselves from the virus and
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Myanmar Military abducts civilians to use them as 'human shields'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 4 (ANI): As clashes between the Myanmar Military and anti-coup forces escalated in Kayah State, the junta forces abducted 19 men from Ka-the village, to use them as 'human shields during the fight.
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Taliban torched homes and used civilians as human shields, say residents o
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 31 (ANI): The residents of the newly retaken Kaldar district of Afghanistan's Balkh have said that the Taliban torched their homes and used them as human shields during the fighting with the Afghan security forces.
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Steelbird launches Doraemon face shields in India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 1 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Asia's largest helmet manufacturer Steelbird Hi-tech India (SBHT) has launched Doraemon Face Shields for kids to help them cover their face and to safeguard the tiny tots against the pandemic.
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Researchers develop personalized, 3D printed shields to protect patients d
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], April 22 (ANI): In a new paper, a team of investigators describe efforts to develop a new personalized, 3D-printed device intended to shield patients who are undergoing radiation therapy and prevent radiation-induced toxicity.
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