Searched for
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Dario Amodei says AI could make cancer, Alzheimer’s ‘relics of the past’ in less than a decade as Anthropic expands AI-driven drug discovery pushAnthropic is collaborating with several pharmaceutical companies to utilize AI in drug development processes. These partnerships aim to imp...
Noah Williams learned C++ at 6 and set a Guinness World Record at just 8: Meet the youngest computer programmerAt just 8 years old, Noah Williams from Melbourne, Australia, became the youngest person to programme computers (male), according to Guinne...
US stocks: Capricor shares 77% soar as potential FDA lifeline revives Duchenne drug hopesCapricor Therapeutics shares surged significantly after the FDA agreed to review new drug data. The company had faced setbacks last month r...
Zydus Lifesciences gets USFDA nod for Deflazacort oral suspensionZydus Lifesciences Ltd received final USFDA approval for its generic Deflazacort oral suspension (22.75 mg/ml) on Monday. This medication t...
Sarepta shares fall 7% after gene therapy maker pauses Elevidys shipments in USShares of Sarepta Therapeutics fell nearly 7% on Tuesday after the company agreed to comply with the U.S. health regulator's request to pau...
Disabled UPSC candidate denied service despite clearing exam four timesA UPSC candidate with muscular dystrophy, Kartik Kansal, has been repeatedly denied service despite ranking in the civil services exams. Hi...
Delhi HC: No customs duties on rare disease medicinesDelhi High Court clarifies no custom duties on medicines for rare diseases, ensuring expedited clearance and access to necessary treatments...
Govt exempts import duty on drugs, food needed for special medical purposes"The Central Government has given full exemption from basic customs duty on all drugs and Food for Special Medical Purposes imported for pe...
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...
Salaam Venky Twitter Review: Kajol and Vishal Jethwa's film reviewed by emotional netizens. Here's what they saidRevathy's Salaam Venky, starring Kajol and Vishal Jethwa, hits theaters today. It is based on Shrikant Murthy's book The Last Hurray which ...
Will take action if digital crowd funding platform for rare diseases not made operational: HCThe Delhi high court said despite specific directions on January 28 that the digital crowd funding platform be made operational by March 31...
Govt notifies over 3,500 jobs for persons with benchmark disabilitiesThe Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities notified 3,566 posts on January 4 in central government establishments as suitab...
Patek Philippe timepiece, with 2 dials & 20 functions, fetches $31 mn at Christie'sThe watch beat the previous record, set by a Daytona Rolex that once belonged to Paul Newman.
Rao IIT: No.1 IIT Coaching classes with Brand Capital's partnershipThis story is the journey of a business from the sleepy little town of Kota in Rajasthan to a nerve center and Mecca of coaching classes fo...
- Modified CRISPR technique treats diseases without cutting DNA
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) In what could remove a major hurdle to using gene editing technologies to treat human diseases, scientists have crea...
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...
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.
Gene editing tool treats muscular dystrophy in adult mammalResearchers from Duke University in US used CRISPR to treat an adult mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
12-year-old awarded for disable-friendly innovationBhati has three patents for three types of circular chess boards to his name. The three boards collectively make 100 chess variants.
New technique to deliver HIV drug to the brainResearchers, including an Indian origin scientist, have developed a revolutionary new technique to deliver and fully release an anti-HIV dr...