Every year 42,000 people die due to Esophageal cancer in India New Delhi, July 31 (India Science Wire): Esophageal cancer or cancer of the food pipe is among common cancers that occur in India. Every year some 47,000 new cases are reported and 42,000 people die due to this cancer. Its occurrence is particularly high in the north-eastern states. It …
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New method developed to test cancer drugs
New Delhi, July 31 : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras have found a way to develop non-animal models to test new cancer drugs. Human body contains different types of cells. Among them are stem cells that help in regenerating and repairing various organs and tissues. This characteristics of stem cells and the discovery of the origin of leukemia …
Read More »New molecule promises to address drug resistance
New Delhi, July 31th : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore have designed an antimicrobial protein that promises to kill multidrug-resistant bacterium called Acinetobacter baumannii. The bacterium is among those responsible for most of the infections in hospitals and other healthcare settings, and is fast becoming resistant to available antibiotics. Researchers used bioinformatics approach to design a protein …
Read More »Greta Thunberg to sail across the Atlantic to continue climate campaign in the Americas
Climate activist Greta Thunberg will sail from Europe to North America in August, kicking off a climate tour through the Americas over the next few months. The sailboat is outfitted with solar panels and underwater turbines to allow for a zero-carbon, trans-Atlantic voyage. Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, 16, has announced that she will travel to the United States by …
Read More »Could A Form of Cell Death Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy?
New research suggests that inducing a form of controlled cell death called necroptosis in or around tumor cells can help the immune system rid the body of cancer cells. Necroptosis is an explosive form of cell death during which a cell typically swells and then bursts. In the study, researchers found that injecting cells undergoing necroptosis into tumors in mice …
Read More »Ashutosh Rana and Makarand Deshpande team up in Court
Mumbai, 29th July 2019. Veteran performers Ashutosh Rana and Makarand Deshpande will be seen sharing screen space and engaged in major face off in an upcoming social drama Chicken Curry Law. The film throws light on severe social problems around women’s safety and depicts the foreigner’s tryst with the law in India. Makrand and Ashutosh are all set to enthral …
Read More »Lack of awareness and timely intervention resulting in disabilities due of leprosy: study
New Delhi, July 28th 2019 : Delay in detection of leprosy symptoms is leading to high proportion of visible deformities among the patients, a new study has shown. The delay in diagnosis occurs at both patient level as well as healthcare provider level. It is contributing significantly to disability among adult leprosy patients. A major proportion of patients who were …
Read More »Setting right a defective heart condition
Bengaluru, July 28th 2019 : CPVT – Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia– is a life-threatening heart anomaly caused due to improper electrical activity in the heart. Intense physical strain or emotional stress leads to erratic heartbeats. By Susheela Srinivas Calcium ions are stored in cell structures of the heart muscles. When they move to and fro, a potential gradient is created …
Read More »Typewriter actor says Sujoy Ghosh is one of the coolest directors
Sujoy Ghosh is one of the coolest directors I have worked with, have high regards for him, says Harish Khanna Mumbai 28th July 2019 (News helpline). Actor Harish Khanna who recently featured in a Netflix web series titled ‘Typewriter’, has said that Sujoy Ghosh who is director of horror-thriller web series is one of the coolest directors to work with …
Read More »Zoom Me and Kytes Mobiles Enters the Fast Growing India Market
New Delhi, 24th July, 2019: Shenzhen Guowei Network Service Limited, a Mobile Equipment OEM/ ODM supplier headquartered in Shenzhen, China has today announced that it has partnered conglomerate, Golden Impex to launch its mobile brand, ZoomMe and Kytes in the India market. The company is looking at bringing 3 Smart phones & 7 Feature Phones in the market under both …
Read More »No evidence of rift between Einstein and Bose : new book
New Delhi, July 19 (India Science Wire): Satyendra Nath Bose is the only Indian physicist whose name is tagged with Albert Einstein in the hall of modern physics for what is known as the Bose-Einstein Statistics. It is a part of scientific folklore how Bose sent his research papers to Einstein who translated them into German and got them published, …
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Megha Chakraborty, Gaurav Sareen’s ‘Mere naam tu’ moment
Megha Chakraborty, Gaurav Sareen's 'Mere naam tu' moment Mumbai, Dec 29. Actors Gaurav Sareen and Megha Chakraborty will recreate the magic of "Mere naam tu" from the superstar Shah Rukh Khan's movie "Zero". Gaurav and Megha will take romance a notch higher in the show "Krishna Chali London". "Being a fan of the Badshah of Bollywood, I jumped …
Read More »Sad and frustrating irony of “Zero”
‘Zero’: Performances outshine the narrative ‘Zero’ Review, By Troy Ribeiro Here is the sad and frustrating irony of “Zero” : Told in the safest (read predictable), most conventional (read lazy, method imaginable), it is a story of a vertically challenged man enacted by a Superstar — whose real life story is much more inspiring than his reel life. Standing four …
Read More »‘Zero’: Performances outshine the narrative
'Zero': Performances outshine the narrative 'Zero' Review, By Troy Ribeiro Here is the sad and frustrating irony of "Zero" : Told in the safest (read predictable), most conventional (read lazy, method imaginable), it is a story of a vertically challenged man enacted by a Superstar — whose real life story is much more inspiring than his reel life. Standing four …
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