Majority of MDR-TB cases in India due to transmission: Lancet
While India has set a highly ambitious target of “eliminating TB by 2025”, modelling studies published today say incidence and mortality will reduce by just 57% and 72% respectively by…
Category: Medicine
HIV cleared out after stem cell transplantation
For the second time, researchers have been able to clear HIV virus from the body (remission) by transplanting stem cells containing two mutant copies of a co-receptor CCR5 for HIV…
IIT Kanpur team unravels molecular mechanism of a prostate cancer subtype
IIT Kanpur-led team discovers the molecular mechanism by which a protein (EZH2) is produced in excess leading to a reduction in the levels of two microRNAs. This causes an oncogene…
IIT Roorkee team uses tamarind seed protein to treat chikungunya
IIT Roorkee researchers have found that a protein (TCLL) in tamarind seeds binds to NAG sugar molecule on chikungunya virus and reduces infectivity by 64% and RNA levels inside infected cells…
Podcast: Finding a potential target for treating gallbladder cancer
Dr. Amit Dutt from Tata Memorial Centre explains how the team using different approaches identified the mutations that cause gallbladder cancer. They found that a drug that is already in…
‘Unethical to withhold bedaquiline treatment while waiting for Phase III results’
In a Phase IIb trail, bedaquiline drug for MDR-TB treatment was found to be cardiotoxic and hepatotoxic, and it also caused more deaths. Review of evidence in 2015 showed a…
IISc team finds new approaches to kill TB bacteria
IISc researchers have for the first time identified a protein (WhiB4) that condenses the DNA of TB-causing bacteria in response to oxidative stress. They found that artificially elevating the levels of WhiB4…
Can Congo again swiftly control Ebola spread, death?
Days after the WHO declared the end of the May 8 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a fresh outbreak was reported on August 1 in North Kivu. If…
