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Category: Non-communicable disease

Posted on February 10, 2021February 15, 2021

India to meet WHO trans fat limit a year in advance

While trans fat is naturally present in red meat and dairy products, the focus is on restricting the industrially produced trans fat used solely to prolong the shelf life of…

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Posted on December 19, 2020

COVID-19: Ethical challenges of vaccinating people with comorbidities

Unlike in other groups, national databases of people with comorbidities are not available. However, though not comprehensive, since 2010, State governments have been conducting population-based district level screening to detect…

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Posted on October 9, 2020

CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology: In a first, an all-women team wins the Nobel Prize

That scientists who pioneered the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, the biggest game-changer in biology in recent years, will win the Nobel Prize was never in doubt; it was only a question of when and who would get recognised for the work done to develop the tool.

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Posted on June 27, 2020

Novel coronavirus infection might trigger diabetes

There is growing evidence that novel coronavirus might be triggering type-1 diabetes in some people who have so far remained free of it. The virus seems to be causing diabetes…

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Posted on May 14, 2020May 15, 2020

Israel: No association found between BCG vaccination and coronavirus infection

Studying adults aged 35 and 41 years who have received BCG vaccine and those who have not received it during childhood, Tel Aviv University researchers found no association between BCG…

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Posted on April 25, 2020

Coronavirus spares no major organ

Lungs are just the ground zero for the virus while the novel coronavirus spreads its lethal tentacles to multiple organs — heart and blood vessels, kidneys, gut, and brain —…

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Posted on January 25, 2020February 3, 2020

A safer alternative approach to treat aggressive prostate cancer found

A multi-institutional team led by IIT Kanpur has found the mechanism responsible for the aggressive return of prostate cancer in treated patients. They also found that treating prostate cancer cells…

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Posted on December 28, 2019December 28, 2019

Potential biomarkers for glioma brain tumour found in blood

Researchers have found potential gene biomarkers that can be used for prognosis and early diagnosis of primary brain tumour glioblastoma. The biomarkers can also indicate the chances of survival of…

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