DALLAS, Dec. 31 (UPI) — Scientists used the CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing to correct a mutation causing Duchenne muscular dystrophy, reversing the progressive disease in the experiments with mice, according to a new study. DMD is the most common, and severe, form of muscular dystrophy among boys. The progressive ... Read More »
The One Rank One Pension scheme, brought in last November to benefit more than 2.5 million ex- servicemen and war widows, on Wednesday received ex-post facto approval from the Cabinet. Under the scheme, pension would be revised on the basis of the pension of retirees of calendar year 2013 and ... Read More »
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 6 — While amputees have found few treatments for phantom limb pain, researchers found using cold blast treatments helps to significantly reduce the pain. Image-guided cryoablation effectively reduced pain for patients in a small study at Emory University, according to researchers who presented the findings at ... Read More »
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “stopping” all developmental schemes launched by the Congress government in Assam affecting its growth. “Assam is placed in a difficult location geographically. So usually no investment comes here. That is why the Congress government had introduced a ... Read More »
Kamla Advani, the wife of BJP veteran L. K. Advani, died today at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to heart failure. Sources close to the family said she complained of uneasiness and breathlessness and was rushed to the AIIMS where doctors tried to revive her but ... Read More »
Donald Trump says the Federal Reserve has stoked asset bubbles and backs a congressional review of its decisions. Bernie Sanders also wants to “audit” the Fed to make it less beholden to Wall Street. Ted Cruz calls for a return to a gold standard abandoned in 1933. Such voices from ... Read More »
The Association of Teachers and Lecturers has voted to lobby for better training on the issue for school staff. Schools were “ill-prepared” for such issues, one teacher told the gathering. But practical steps to modify changing facilities, toilets and uniforms are straightforward, say teachers with experience of supporting these pupils. ... Read More »
BETHESDA, Md., April 6 — A drug very similar to Remicade was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome and other chronic conditions, the agency said. Inflectra is a biosimilar to Remicade, and while not a direct copy, it ... Read More »
Kamla Advani, wife of senior BJP leader L K Advani, died here on Wednesday at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) due to cardiac arrest. The AIIMS report said, “Smt. Kamla Advani, wife of Shri L K Advani, aged 83 yrs., was brought to the Main Casualty, AIIMS ... Read More »
The anxious family of 34-year-old Mohammed Ismail, who was detained on Tuesday at Pune by NIA investigators, suspecting him of being an ‘IS recruiter’, heaved a sigh of relief after he informed the family of his release. Confirming this to The Hindu over phone from Bhatkal, Ismail’s father Rauf Ahmed ... Read More »
A Malaysian parliamentary inquiry on Thursday slammed the board of state fund 1MDB for being irresponsible and urged a probe into its former chief, but stopped short of implicating Prime Minister Najib Razak who was an advisor for the troubled firm. Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said senior management at ... Read More »
WASHINGTON, April 6 — Nearly 10 percent of the global population is living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, according to a new report showing the number of people with the condition has more than quadrupled in the last 25 years. The World Health Organization released its Global Report ... Read More »
