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Yashoda Hospitals collaborates with Elekta to unveil a Paradigm Change in
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 22: Yashoda Hospital, in collaboration with Elekta, a leader in precision radiation therapy, has launched the Elekta Unity MR Linac, its ground-breaking technology, in India. This state-of-the-art system combines the power of magnetic resonance imaging (MR
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Cutting boards may create microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards, according to the study, can generate tens of millions of microparticles each year. However, a toxicity test found that polyethylene or wood microparticles generated during chopping had no effect on mouse cell survival.
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Britney Spears shares throwback photo with son Jayden amid her boys' reloc
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
American singer Britney Spears dropped a throwback picture of herself with her youngest son Jayden, as the teen and her other son Sean, make plans to move to Hawaii with their father, Kevin Federline. On Saturday, Taking to Instagram, the 'Toxic' singer went across a parking lot holding h
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Study finds how Immunotherapy for brain cancer metastases displays clinica
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that 42 percent of patients with metastatic brain cancer benefited from the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab in a phase 2 clinical study, with seven patients living for more than two years. The authors emphasise that these advantages must be balanced against t
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Cutting boards can produce microparticles when chopping veggies: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to the researchers, cutting carrots on wood and plastic boards can generate tens of millions of microparticles every year. A toxicity test, however, revealed that polyethene or wood microparticles emitted during chopping had no significant influence on mouse cell viability.
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New blood biomarker can predict if cognitively healthy elderly will develo
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Why do some people get Alzheimer's while others don't? Even more perplexing, why do many people with toxic amyloid aggregates in their brains--a clear marker of Alzheimer's brain pathology--never get Alzheimer's-related dementias?
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Study shows plants remove cancer causing toxins from air
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
A groundbreaking study has demonstrated that plants can efficiently remove hazardous petrol fumes from indoor air, including cancer-causing chemicals like benzene.
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Study discovers new method that lowers crop damage from mice, during plagu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Scientists at the University of Sydney found that a non-toxic technique can significantly reduce seed loss by keeping mice away from wheat crops. The study was published in the journal 'Nature Sustainability'.
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Circumventing renal toxicity associated with cisplatin treatment: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Cisplatin is commonly used as a chemotherapeutic drug in the treatment of many solid tumours, including bladder, ovarian, and esophageal tumours. However, when it is metabolised by an enzyme called "cysteine conjugate beta-lyase 1 (CCBL1)," it is transformed to "thiol-cisplatin," a highly ac
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Dementia study suggests how harmful proteins spread through brain
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study suggests that fresh insights into the spread of toxic proteins that collect in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients may hold the key to slowing the disease's progression.
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Study: Heat-temperature marine bacteria help detoxify asbestos
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
For the first time, University of Pennsylvania researchers have demonstrated that extremophilic bacteria from high-temperature marine settings may be employed to lessen the toxicity of asbestos. The study was published in the American Society for Microbiology journal Applied and Environmenta
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Team Aminder expands its network of teachers to 10,000 for promoting susta
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Team Aminder, a unique online training program operating worldwide, promoting sustainable and clean fitness practices, today announced that it has expanded its footprint to a network of 10,000 teachers in India. It's a dedicated community of teachers
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