Researchers have shown promising results about the potential of gene therapy to heal genetic disorders such as sickle cell disease, and the findings of this study, published in Nature Medicine, offer vital new insights into processes that occur in the body following treatment.
After rigorous testing on safety, quality and effectiveness Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has authorised a world-first gene therapy, that will work to cure sickle-cell disease as well as B-thalassemia.
Actor and celebrity designer Masaba Gupta has criticised former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman and ex-cricket player Ramiz Raja for laughing at a racial remark that was made about her mother, Neena Gupta, and father, Vivian Alexander Richards, a former West Indies player.
Gummies allegedly containing substances derived from cannabis are under police investigation after nine people who ate them in Tokyo were taken to the hospital recently, investigative sources said on Wednesday, Kyodo News reported.
"It is an old tradition to display stalls of health and health camps. We inaugurated the stall of the Health Ministry today. Around 36 kiosks have been set up on different themes. While new initiatives are showcased, the traditional challenges are not forgotten," VK Paul said.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's remarks on the importance of women's education to control the population is a result of his sick mentality.
Campaigning for his party in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia took a swipe at the Congress party, describing it as a government without direction.
When asked about whether he will be the CM face of Madhya Pradesh, the union minister said, "Never include the Scindia family in the race for the chair (referring to CM face). The Scindia family works day and night with the passion for development, progress and public service. Due to the wor
Children suffering from thalassemia major and sickle cell anaemia require lifelong blood transfusion. These blood transfusions are life-saving, but this leads to problem of excess iron deposition in children suffering from these diseases. Excess iron in the body deposits in tissues and ca
The chief minister wrote on X (formerly twitter), "Hearty greetings to all the people of the state on the auspicious occasion of Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day. Once upon a time we were Bimaru (sick), but today we are developed. This journey will continue to move forward and the time is not f
"We've not forgotten the mass graves, the bodies found bearing signs of torture, rape used as a weapon by the Russians, and thousands and thousands of Ukrainian children forcibly taken into Russia, stolen from their parents. It's sick. Hamas and Putin represent different threats, but they
American singer Britney Spears recalled the difficult years she spent in conservatorship and how the court ruling, she claims, stripped her of her humanity, reported People.