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Indian researchers developing treatment for rare genetic disorder 'Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy'The current therapeutic options available to treat DMD are minimal and highly expensive treatment with costs shooting up to Rs 2-3 crore pe...
08 Jan, 2023, 12.28 PM IST
Eyestem has a visionary approach to make cell therapy affordable in IndiaCell and gene therapy can go a long way in treating incurable diseases, but currently it is very pricey. Eyestem wants to dramatically cut ...
24 Mar, 2022, 01.55 PM IST
Stiff lower back? Developing core strength, flexibility and muscular control could be the answerDeveloping core strength, flexibility and muscular control can help you avoid these pulled muscles.
08 Mar, 2022, 07.38 PM IST
World Braille Day 2022: Screen-readers, customised apps, HR automation bring some hope to visually impairedAssistive technologies are helping those with vision impairment to equip themselves in a rapidly changing world.
04 Jan, 2022, 05.13 PM IST
Is Redditors' GameStop short squeeze a crypto-esque farce?These are obviously existential times for the regulators themselves, not just traders. The SEC’s terse statement was openly mocked on Reddi...
28 Jan, 2021, 06.21 PM IST
Letter to Gandhi: Mandir will be built, but who will build Ramrajya?The word ‘Ramrajya’ is being chanted. But can the proposed Ram Mandir, backed by powerful politicians, usher in Ramrajya? About Ramrajya, y...
09 Aug, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Scope of health insurance coverage to get wider soon but policies may become dearerDue to the prevailing COVID 19 outbreak, the need for prolonged hospitalisation of almost 2 weeks pushes the claims costs. These factors ar...
28 Apr, 2020, 12.43 PM IST
- US study finds cellular antennae key to fat formation
San Francisco, July 14 (IANS) Scientists at the University of California-San Francisco have shown that cellular antennae called cilia, foun...
14 Jul, 2017, 01.27 PM IST
Air India plays angel to 3 Bangladeshi patients, gives free ticketsThe move came after an appeal was made to Air India & its CMD by a Mumbai-based neurosurgeon Alok Sharma, who has offered to treat Abdus (2...
02 Apr, 2017, 10.34 PM IST
Stem cell therapy can help treat diabetic heart diseaseDHD affects the muscular tissues of the heart leading to complications.
28 Feb, 2017, 06.15 PM IST
How a Bengaluru lab is trying to fix the gene as therapy for hereditary health problemsAs Narayana Nethralaya is fronting it, the focus is on ocular (eye) diseases, though Ghosh’s own area of work is in muscular dystrophy.
23 Apr, 2016, 10.58 AM IST
- 'Digital tablets can improve reading of visually impaired'
Loss of central vision affects millions who have eye diseases such as muscular degeneration, which damage the light-sensitive cells of the ...
12 Nov, 2012, 05.08 PM IST