Medical research
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Like Sitaram Yechury and GN Saibaba, many are pledging body donation, but hurdles remain
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Stem cell therapy used to reverse type 1 diabetes – it offers hope of a potential ‘cure’
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Why long-term, chronic pain can lead to all-consuming exhaustion and fatigue
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Long Covid: Treating immune response to lung scarring can reverse damage, shows research on mice
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What role do mitochondria play in Parkinson’s?
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No association between mobile phone use and brain cancer, finds comprehensive study
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With false positives and benign incidental findings, full-body scans do little for preventive health
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Focusing on gut bacteria could help prevent and treat lung diseases
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Targeting metabolism could slow neurological decline, reverse progression of age-related diseases
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Bharat Biotech ‘inadvertently missed’ including ICMR, NIV as co-developers in Covaxin patent: Centre
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Long Covid a chronic condition with effects that could last a lifetime, shows evolving research
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Should people take aspirin to ward off heart disease? New studies raise concerns
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Protective gene, quick immune reaction in the nose: Why some got Covid-19 while others did not
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HIV: Two injections a year of new drug gives 100% protection, shows clinical trial
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Repurposed drugs could help treat snakebite injuries, shows research
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How vaccines saved lives globally and improved life expectancy – in five charts
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Does obesity increase risk of dementia? There isn’t enough evidence so far
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This artificial sweetener can destroy gut bacteria and intestine cells
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Brazil’s single-dose dengue vaccine could be shot in the arm as disease spread increases globally
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Slowed, slurred speech can indicate brain health in older adults
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Dementia symptoms could also be an indicator of liver disease
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Dementia diagnosis can be tricky, but blood tests could help predict it years earlier
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A new study said diabetes remission was rare, but that may not be the full picture
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Sensitivity to a hormone produced during pregnancy may be contributing to morning sickness
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For patients with stable angina, stents have benefits, says new study
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UK approves use of drug in post-menopausal women to curb risk of breast cancer
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New research has clues about why Covid vaccine led to blood clots in some people
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How a pharma giant prioritised billions in profit over developing a crucial TB vaccine
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Studying genes could hold some answers to Alzheimer’s disease
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India might soon clear infection studies on healthy people. But why are experts worried?
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New drugs for Alzheimer’s have been hailed as a breakthrough – but their shortcomings are profound
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Do multivitamins and supplements actually improve memory?
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CBD has great medicinal potential, but it’s no cure-all
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Doctors are using this century-old vaccine against everything from cancer to Covid
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The fight against HIV may soon get a big boost
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Pig-to-human transplants may be a misguided strategy to address the organ shortage
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Five things scientists learned from research on twins
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In a world facing a shortage of donors, 3D-printed organs could be a lifesaver
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The Egyptian spiny mouse may hold clues to understanding human pregnancy better
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An extremely rare form of cancer may have a cure, thanks to this tiny worm
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Gagandeep Kang quits top government research institute, says decision not linked to Covid-19 vaccine
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The coronavirus that caused the 2003 SARS epidemic mysteriously disappeared over time
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Can the lethal toxin anthrax be the answer to treating bladder cancer?
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Algorithms can now predict a patient’s chances of survival – but they aren’t ready for clinical use
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The man whose body is growing old too fast is helping us find a way to slow ageing
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Finding new answers for memory loss with new tools to look at the brain
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Gene therapy works for some people. In others, their immune system gets in the way
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Scientists are trying to alter memories to treat drug addiction
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Meat allergies caused by tick bites are worryingly common in countries like US and Australia
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The DNA detectives hunting the causes of cancer
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Deciphering Developmental Disorders: The project that’s bringing hope to parents around the world
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Out, white spot: Erasing memory in skin cells can help treat disfiguring disease vitiligo
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Scientists are creating organs on chips to study the human body better
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The quest for better treatment is changing the way clinical trials are done
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Cancer not only mutates but evolves other mechanisms to beat drugs
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Can venomous snails be part of the solution to the opioid epidemic?
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Does ‘young blood’ really have the power to heal?
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Interview: What safeguards does India need before it can move to a faster way of developing drugs?
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When drugs don’t help treat severe depression, sleep deprivation might
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Three to four cups of coffee a day can keep liver disease away
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Interview: Infosys Prize winner Yamuna Krishnan on DNA nanobots that can predict disease
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Medical council to conduct research to determine cause of children’s deaths in Gorakhpur
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A greater inherited capacity for fitness may lower the risk of breast cancer
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Interview: How genetic data of Indian lung cancer patients can now help them get better treatment
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An experiment in Guinea may have thrown up a way to beat sleeping sickness for good
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A new type of diabetes has been identified and it’s often misdiagnosed
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From air pollution to pesticides, scientists are hunting for environmental causes of autism
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Of mice and men: Why drugs successfully tested on animals are sometimes deadly in humans
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It’s ok if scientists disagree about antibiotic prescriptions
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Interview: How fluid dynamics is helping understand heart disease
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Internet withdrawal disorder? Going offline makes blood pressure, heart rate go up among avid users
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Cancers are killing millions because tumours evolve. Now therapies are evolving too
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Are protein inhibitors really the next big cholesterol killers?
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X-men's Patrick Stewart says medical marijuana helped him cope with his arthritis
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Watch: Should we use pigs to grow human organs for transplants (because we're learning how to)?
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Using monkeys for research is justified – it gives us treatments that would otherwise be impossible
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Watch: The short, strange history of how vibrators came into being
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Do CT scans really cause cancer?
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Gene altering technology Crispr that aims to eliminate cancer cells gets nod to conduct human trials
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What is chronic pain and why is it hard to treat?
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For some people, blinking is so painful that they would rather not wake up the next day
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Why do Indian medical institutions produce so few research papers?
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Dead man’s sperm: What drives women to try to have the babies of a partner who has passed away?
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Researchers identify ‘neurostatin’ that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
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Can organs have a sexual identity?
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Sugar may be as damaging to the brain as extreme stress or abuse
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Unethical cancer trials in India may have led to 254 pointless deaths, claims American doctor
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Would you donate your womb when you die?
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Indian researchers take the fight to TB – the disease constantly adapting itself to outwit medicines
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Pull your finger out, doc, rectal exams aren’t the best way to find prostate cancer